19 dead, 32 hurt in bus crash

Nineteen people died and 32 more were injured after a bus apparently carrying pilgrims to a religious site in central Mexico crashed Friday. State officials said the bus apparently lost its brakes and slammed into a building in the State of Mexico. Six victims suffered injuries so severe they were flown to hospital in Toluca, the state capital. The bus was heading from the western state of Michoacan to Chalma, a town that has been visited by Roman Catholic pilgrims for centuries. Many Mexicans go on religious pilgrimages as Dec. 12, the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, approaches.