<p>At least 16 people were killed and 22 others were injured in a road accident in northern Mexico on Thursday, officials said.</p>.<p>The crash took place on a highway between Sonoyata and San Luis Rio Colorado near the border with the United States, prosecutors in Sonora state said in a statement on Twitter.</p>.<p>Of those injured, six were in serious condition.</p>.<p>"The emergency services, firefighters, Red Cross and the health ministry have been working since the early morning on a terrible road accident," Senora state health minister Enrique Clausen said on Twitter.</p>.<p>According to local media, a passenger bus collided with a trailer parked on the hard shoulder and was then hit head-on by a truck travelling in the opposite direction.</p>.<p>The road was closed after the smash, according to the National Guard highway division.</p>.<p>Local authorities said the injured people were taken to various hospitals in the region.</p>.<p>Deadly road accidents are not uncommon in Mexico.</p>.<p>In April, a collision between two buses carrying workers at a mine in Sonora left at least 16 people dead.</p>.<p>In June, at least 12 people were killed when a bus overturned in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.</p>
<p>At least 16 people were killed and 22 others were injured in a road accident in northern Mexico on Thursday, officials said.</p>.<p>The crash took place on a highway between Sonoyata and San Luis Rio Colorado near the border with the United States, prosecutors in Sonora state said in a statement on Twitter.</p>.<p>Of those injured, six were in serious condition.</p>.<p>"The emergency services, firefighters, Red Cross and the health ministry have been working since the early morning on a terrible road accident," Senora state health minister Enrique Clausen said on Twitter.</p>.<p>According to local media, a passenger bus collided with a trailer parked on the hard shoulder and was then hit head-on by a truck travelling in the opposite direction.</p>.<p>The road was closed after the smash, according to the National Guard highway division.</p>.<p>Local authorities said the injured people were taken to various hospitals in the region.</p>.<p>Deadly road accidents are not uncommon in Mexico.</p>.<p>In April, a collision between two buses carrying workers at a mine in Sonora left at least 16 people dead.</p>.<p>In June, at least 12 people were killed when a bus overturned in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.</p>