A tractor-trailer caused a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Jalisco, Mexico, killing nine people and injuring around ten others, including four US citizens, Civil Protection officials said Sunday.
A tractor-trailer triggered a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Mexico’s Jalisco state that killed nine people and injured roughly ten others, including four US citizens, according to a Reuters report citing the state’s Civil Protection agency on Sunday.
Two children were among the fatalities. Two National Guard members were also hurt in the crash and were listed in serious condition after being taken to Magdalena Hospital in Guadalajara.
Social media footage from local news outlets, cited by Reuters, showed multiple vehicles engulfed in flames along the highway connecting Guadalajara and Tepic.
Jalisco’s Civil Protection agency said the four American patients were in minor condition and were taken by private ambulance to Arboledas Hospital in Guadalajara, Reuters reported.
