Bus, mini van crash in Mexico, killing 14

Bus was trying to pass a car on a curve and smashed into the minivan

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updated 3:50 p.m. ET July 6, 2008

VERACRUZ, Mexico - Police said 14 people died late Saturday when a passenger bus crashed head-on into a minivan in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Veracruz state investigator Aldo Marin said the bus was heading to the port city of Tampico when it tried to pass a car on a curve and smashed into the minivan, which was being used as a taxi.

Marin said that the dead include the driver of the van and 10 of his passengers. The other three victims were traveling on the bus.

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He said 20 other people were injured in the accident near the town of Tantoyuca.