Thursday, January 8, 2015

5 DIE IN TRUCK CRASH IN NORTHERN MEXICO. BRAKE FAILURE TO BLAME.



5 Die in truck crash in northern Mexico.  Brake failure to blame.

Published January 08, 2015

Five people were killed and 10 others injured when a truck hauling onions flipped over on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, officials said Thursday.

The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon in the city of Loreto, where the truck flipped over when it hit the side of the Matias Ramos Santos education school.

"The truck's occupants are the fatalities, and there were 10 others injured," Zacatecas emergency management office spokesman Alberto Torres told Efe.

Some of the people hurt in the accident have serious injuries and are being treated at area hospitals.

The accident was apparently caused by brake failure.