AKIPRESS.COM - A tour bus crash in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Tuesday has left 12 dead and 18 injured, CNN reported.

The bus was carrying 31 people, including tourists from the United States, Italy, Brazil and Sweden, in the state of Quintana Roo, according to Public Security of Quintana Roo. The dead include one child, the agency said in a statement.

The bus was traveling from the coastal village of Mahahual to the Mayan archaeological site Chacchoben, according to Public Security of Quintana Roo. Chacchoben is about 110 miles south of the popular tourist destination Tulum.

The injured were sent to hospitals in Bacalar and Chetumal. Five were later released.

Among the bus passengers were 27 cruise guests from two Royal Caribbean ships, Celebrity Equinox and Serenade of the Seas, the cruise line said. The ships arrived Tuesday in the busy cruise ship port of Costa Maya, a vacation destination on Mexico's Caribbean coast near the Belize border. Both ships left Tuesday afternoon.