Traffic accident in Mexico claims 10 lives

At least 10 people died on Saturday when a van and truck collided in Mexico, the authorities said. An unspecified number of people were injured.

The cause of the accident is being investigated. Transit accidents in Mexico have risen sharply in recent years, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. And in late January, 19 people died and 22 were injured in an accident between a bus and a tractor-trailer in Sinaloa state, in the northwest.