12 killed, including 8 Americans, in Mexico tour bus crash

CANCUN, Mexico -- Eight Americans, two Swedes and one Canadian were among the fatalities of a bus crash in eastern Mexico, state officials said Wednesday.[br /][Ads /][br /]The Quintana Roo state government said in a statement that the injured also include three Canadians, four Brazilians and four Americans. Two other Swedes were wounded and transported to the United States for treatment.[br /][br /]VIDEO FROM THE SCENE[/b][br /][media ID="2802689" /][br /]Officials had said Tuesday that seven others who were slightly injured had returned to their cruise ship after the accident.[br /][br /]A Mexican tour guide also died in the crash, and the bus driver was injured and taken into custody, the statement said.[br /][br /]The bus crashed Tuesday morning on a narrow highway in Quintana Roo state while carrying tourists to Mayan ruins.[br /][br /]The cause of the crash was under investigation. A passenger on another bus that passed just minutes after the crash said he observed skid marks on the dry pavement.[br /][br /]The bus was carrying tourists from two Royal Caribbean cruise ships that departed from Florida.[br /][Ads /][br /]The bus ended up on its side in vegetation along the two-lane road. Video taken after the crash showed some survivors lying on the pavement and others walking around.[br /][br /]One body lay on the roadside covered by a white sheet or other object, as the crash scene was cordoned off with yellow police tape.[br /][br /]Investigators were working to determine the cause of the crash, which occurred as the bus was on its way to the ruins at Chacchoben, about 110 miles (175 kilometers) south of Tulum.[br /][br /]Chris Brawley, a passenger on the Serenade of Seas, was on a bus headed to the same Mayan ruins when they came on the scene minutes after the accident.[br /][br /]It was shortly after 9 a.m. and a convoy of buses from the cruise port at Mahahual was headed to Chacchoben, he said. They had been on the road for about 35 to 40 minutes before the accident.[br /][br /]Brawly said the sky was clear and the road was dry and he didn't see any sign of another vehicle being involved in the crash, which happened on a narrow, two-lane road with no shoulder or guardrail.