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Five people were killed, and eight others injured in a traffic accident in central China. Xinhua News Agency, citing local police in Hubei Province, reported that a traffic accident occurred in Wangying Township, Lichuan City, killing five people and injuring eight others. Preliminary investigations indicate that none of the injured are in critical condition. In September of last year, six people were killed, and seven others were injured in a traffic accident in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province in central China.

At least 15 people were killed and 41 others injured in a traffic accident in Mexico. Local authorities said the accident occurred in southeastern Mexico when a heavy truck overturned and collided with a small car and a bus transporting construction workers on a road between Merida and Campeche, killing 15 people and injuring 41.This deadly accident is the third of its kind in Mexico in less than a week. Previously, 10 people were killed and 41 injured when a freight train collided with a bus at a rail crossing in Mexico City.Road accidents in Mexico have risen sharply in recent years, from 301,678 in 2020 to 377,231 in 2022, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. In late January, 19 people were killed and 22 others injured in a road accident in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.