Overview

• The crash occurred Saturday on the road linking Mérida and Campeche in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
• Officials said the dead were traveling in a trailer, a car and a taxi when the vehicles collided and caught fire.
• Yucatán Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena offered condolences on X and said emergency, security and health services responded.
• The state public security office confirmed the death toll as investigators work to identify those killed.
• An investigation is underway, and authorities have not released a final determination on what triggered the collision.