Mexico: Tractor-trolley and van collided, 26 people died due to fire

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Mexico: Tractor-trolley and van collided, 26 people died due to fire

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symbolic picture.

A tractor-trailer and a van were involved in an accident in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning. At least 26 people have died after the fire broke out in it. According to media reports, the death toll may still increase. The vehicles traveling on a highway outside the state capital Ciudad Victoria collided head-on and caught fire about half an hour later, according to Tamaulipas’ Ministry of Public Safety.

police reached the spot

After this accident, the police reached the spot. After this he told that tractor trailers were not present there. According to media reports, it is not yet clear in the investigation by the police whether the driver of the truck fled from the scene or died in the collision. The van belonged to a private transport business. Many children were also traveling in this van. Most of the people killed in this accident are said to be from Mexico. It can be confirmed that the IDs of the people were also received by the investigating officers from the spot.

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There was a big accident even before this

Last two weeks also another such incident had come to the fore. At least 18 people were killed and 33 were seriously injured in a tourist bus accident in western Mexico. This horrific accident took place when the bus carrying the passengers fell into the gorge. According to media reports, where the accident took place, it was only a short distance from the state capital of Tepic and Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination. The bus was carrying passengers on a 220-kilometer journey from Guadalajara in the neighboring state of Jalisco when it skidded off the road and fell into a gorge, said Pedro Nunez, a civil protection official there. Nunez said that the victims in the accident were Mexican.

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