Highway accident west of Mérida kills 16, injures 2

A road mishap successful the authorities of Yucatán connected Saturday claimed the lives of 16 people, authorities said.

A freight motortruck carrying beer, a rider transport van and a backstage conveyance were progressive successful the clang connected the Mérida–Campeche national road adjacent the municipality of Kopomá, Yucatán.

The Yucatán Security Ministry (SSP) initially said that 15 radical died astatine the country of the crash. However, the decease toll accrued to 16 aft the burned remains of different unfortunate were recovered amid the wreckage of the rider van, which had burst into flames.

The SSP said connected Saturday that the operator of the freight motortruck was among those who were killed. Among the different victims were operation workers from Calkiní, a municipality successful the authorities of Campeche, and the operator of the van they were traveling in. Five of the victims were women.

The SSP said that occurrence trucks and ambulances responded to the accident. Two radical injured successful the crash, some occupants of the backstage vehicle, received attraction astatine the country and were subsequently transferred to the hospital.

According to preliminary investigations, the rider van, traveling astatine excessive speed, collided with a backstage conveyance and consequently veered into the way of the brew truck, which was heading to Mérida. The van and the backstage vehicle, a Ford Ikon, were heading toward the authorities of Campeche.

Yucatán Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena and Campeche Governor Layda Sansores conveyed their condolences to the families of the victims.

In a societal media station connected Sunday, Díaz Mena said that helium had accompanied relatives of the victims to Medical Forensic Service (SEMEFO) facilities successful Yucatán.

“I expressed our solidarity and enactment to them for the recognition and transportation of their loved ones to their communities. Via a telephone call, the Governor Layda Sansores, besides offered her condolences and enactment from Campeche,” helium wrote.

With reports from EFE, La Jornada, Milenio and El Universal