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The unit collided with a retaining wall and crushed the vehicle, crew members emerged unharmed
GUILLERMO CORTES
MEXICO CITY.- One drinking water pipe fully loaded, it lost control when it ran out of brakes on Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and took a private car in its path that was dragged several meters until it ended up crushed by the heavy unit, at the height of the San Lorenzo Xicoténcatl neighborhood of the mayor’s office. Iztapalapa.
It was around 3:30 in the morning when the Kaffir crashed into the retaining wall of the Metro Line Acarrying a private gray Honda car in which two young men were traveling.
After the accident, the car was left between the concrete structure and the metal tank of the cistern with a capacity of more than 40 thousand liters, and although it was completely discarded, the crew members managed to walk out of their unit to safety.
The pipe driver, property of the company AT Castorena, He was detained upon the arrival of elements of the capital police while the causes of the accident were determined, which occurred due to a mechanical failure, according to the driver.
Fortunately, paramedics from the Emergency Medical Care System (SAMU) who arrived at the scene confirmed that those affected did not have serious injuries, as the misfortune could have been greater.
The central lanes towards the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) remained closed while the emergency services carried out the cleaning and removal of the units.
VICTIMS
They were two young people, 21 and 34 years old; They were traveling in a Honda that ended up destroyed
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one thousand liters of water the cargo unit was carrying at the time of the accident