The screams cut through the darkness before anyone saw the wreckage.

A routine night journey from Ciudad Acuña to Gómez Palacio became a scene of twisted metal, shattered glass, and desperate cries for help.

One passenger never made it out alive. A child clings to life.

Passengers who had boarded unit 9132 expecting a long but ordinary trip found their world turned upside down in a matter of seconds.

Survivors describe a violent jolt, luggage raining from overhead, and the sickening roll of the bus as it overturned.

When the vehicle finally came to a stop, the silence was broken only by moans, shouts for missing relatives, and the frantic efforts of strangers trying to free the trapped.

Paramedics and rescue teams arrived quickly, pulling the injured from the wreck and rushing them to nearby hospitals, while one lifeless body was covered at the roadside.

Among the wounded, a minor remains in critical condition, symbolizing the fragile line between survival and tragedy.

Investigators now focus on speeding and treacherous road conditions, as families demand not just answers, but accountability, so that a simple journey never again ends in such preventable heartbreak.