A Friday crash in Mexico killed at least 16 people and injured 30.

A freight train at a level crossing in northern Mexico crashed and ended up splitting a bus in half in the town of Anahuac in the state of Tamaulipas.

According to NBC News, Jorge Camacho, head of emergency services in Nuevo Leon, said, "We have confirmed the death of 16 people and we believe there are more underneath the bus, so the death toll could reach 20."

The bus was overloaded, reportedly carrying about 60 passengers, though it was designed to seat a mere 40 people.

The driver of the bus may have, according to BBC, ignored the stop light at the crossing section.

According The Associated Press, the train's company Kansas City Southern de Mexico issued a statement regarding the incident in which they confirmed there had been "a lamentable accident" between one of their trains and a passenger bus at around 5:25 p.m.

The train company stated its employees had reported "an undetermined number of dead and injured at the scene."

The bus had been traveling north from the city of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas to the state of Coahuila

Local Mayor Desiderio Urteaga issued the statement that two children were among the victims.

The driver of the bus was reported to have survived the deadly crash.

This is the second fatal bus crash accident to occur in Mexico in less that a year.

Last April, in the state of Veracruz, 36 people were killed in a bus crash.

The bus in that incident crashed into the back of a broken-down lorry parked on a main road a little after midnight.

Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte said, as BBC reported, apart from being hit, "the bus also caught fire, making the job of identifying bodies difficult."