15 killed after fuel tanker smashes into packed tourist bus and explodes in horror highway crash as driver flees scene

AT least 15 people have been killed after a packed tourist bus collided with a fuel tanker on a highway. The driver of the tanker reportedly fled the scene after the accident, in the early hours of the morning. Flames coming from the bus Harrowing images show the shell of the bus beside the road after being consumed by the inferno. The tourist bus was on the Victoria-Monterrey highway in Mexico and witnesses said the bus turned into the tanker’s lane. The after being hit by the bus, the tanker then exploded, at around 4am. The bus was taking around 40 people from Huejutle to the city of Monterrey. The truck with which it collided was reportedly carrying varsol, a highly flammable liquid used in paint thinner.