Bus-Tanker Crash in Mexico Kills 38
Tanker Truck Hauling Toxic Ammonium Choloride Slams Into Bus in Mexico, Killing at Least 38
A tanker truck hauling toxic ammonium chloride slammed into a passenger bus in northwest Mexico, killing 38 people as both vehicles plunged down an embankment, police said Wednesday.
The bus flipped onto its roof in Tuesday night’s crash and the tanker spilled it load of 25 tons of ammonium chloride, officials said.
Most of the victims had skin damage caused by chemical burns and authorities were trying to determine if the ammonium chloride contributed to their deaths.
“The majority … had apparently ingested ammonia, as well as having various contusions,” Jesus Martin Robles, chief regional investigator for the Sinaloa state Attorney General’s office, said a written report.
The dead included four children, 10 men and 24 women, according to his report. Two men and two women were injured and were being treated at local hospitals.
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Crash involving bus, gas tanker in western Mexico kills at least 37
A crash involving a gas tanker and a bus killed at least 37 people in the western state of Sinaloa, federal police said Wednesday.
The crash occurred Tuesday evening, near the city of Los Mochis, on a highway linking Mexico City and the border city of Nogales in northern Sinaloa, said a police officer, who wasn't authorized to speak on the record. Four people were injured.
The officer said that the tanker was carrying ammonium chloride, a toxic gas that sickened some of the victims.
A separate crash early Wednesday
Truck, bus crash kills 38 in Mexico
Thirty-eight people were killed in northwest Mexico when a truck hauling ammonium chloride plowed into a passenger bus, El Universal reported Thursday.
The majority of those killed were burned by the harsh chemical that spilled at the tanker and bus slid down an embankment after impact.
Two dozen women and four children were among those killed.
Four other adults injured in the crash were taken to a local hospital for various injuries.
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Bus drives into ravine in southern Mexico
OAXACA, Mexico A bus that went out of control in southern Mexico ended up in a ravine -- killing at least 12 people.
Police say two children were among the victims.It wasn't immediately clear if the driver fled or was among the nearly 20 people injured in yesterday's crash near San Pablo Guelatao, about 30 miles from Oaxaca City.Witnesses say the driver was speeding and lost control on a narrow stretch of road. Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Plane crash in northern Iowa kills two
Two people were killed and two others injured when a small plane crashed Wednesday in a northeast Iowa cornfield, a federal official said.
The accident happened about 11 a.m. near Cresco just south of the Minnesota border. The victims names werent immediately released.
There is a plane down. We understand there were four aboard and two fatalities, Elizabeth Isham Cory, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Chicago, said. (updated 2:49pm)
Iowa guardsmen to patrol U.S.-Mexico border
DES MOINES (AP) — Soldiers from the Iowa National Guard will patrol the U.S. border with Mexico as
Small plane crash in Mexico kills pilot, air force co-pilot
A small plane crashed outside the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, killing a civilian pilot and a Mexican Air Force pilot who went along for the ride, authorities and relatives confirmed.
The plane went down Sunday afternoon at El Migote beach near Pie de la Cuesta, just south of Acapulco, killing pilot Ruben Fajardo and Air Force pilot Victor Serrano, said Hector Lara, an agent of the district attorney's office for the nearby city of Coyuca de Benitez.
Fajardo had not wanted to fly on Sunday, but was persuaded by the
New security mininster appointed after helicopter crash in Mexico
Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday appointed Rafael Rios as the new public security minister after his predecessor Martin Huerta was killed in a helicopter crash.
Rios is undersecretary for citizen participation and criminal policy in the ministry. He spent most of his career in the National Security and Investigation Center, the government's intelligence institution.
Meanwhile, Tomas Valencia, another top official killed in the crash, will be replaced by Arturo Jimenez as the Federal Police Commander.
The National Human Rights Commission has not announced who is to replace Jose Antonio Bernal, inspector
Soccer legend Valdano hurt in Mexico copter crash
Retired Argentine soccer great Jorge Valdano suffered minor injuries along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Mexico City on Saturday, police said.
Valdano, who was carried from the crash scene in a neck brace, would likely be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, doctors said.
"Jorge Valdano is conscious and has no injuries that could be considered serious," Carlos Lijtszain, emergency room head at the ABC hospital, told reporters.
The helicopter crashed in a street in the capital's business district, almost hitting a truck, but there were no fatalities. Five other passengers in the
Mexico copter crash called accident
All available evidence on Thursday suggested bad weather led to a helicopter crash that killed a Cabinet minister overseeing federal police and his deputy, the president's office announced.
The helicopter carried Public Safety Secretary Ramon Martin Huerta, Federal Preventive Police Commissioner Tomas Valencia, five other passengers and a crew of two. It took off from Mexico City and crashed into a wooded mountainside about 20 miles (30 kilometers) outside Mexico City.
"All the elements that we have at hand, all the experts that were consulted, say that there is sufficient evidence to consider that that we are
Death toll reaches six, could climb in Mexico blasts
Official says 10 still hospitalized with severe burns
Mexican officials say a sixth person has died of injuries suffered in last week's fiery collision of a propane tanker and freight train in the agricultural community of Lucio Blanco, and the death toll could climb.
"There are still lot of people in very grave condition who could die in the next 15 days," said Roberto Garcia, head of the Department of Civil Protection in Matamoros. He said 10 people are hospitalized with burns over 70 percent of their bodies.
The latest victim was Rodolfo Briseno Flores,
Mexico security minister killed in helicopter crash
Mexico's public security minister, a key figure in the war against drug cartels, was killed along with eight others on Wednesday when his helicopter crashed in fog in mountains near the capital.
Rescue workers found the charred wreckage of Ramon Martin Huerta's helicopter six hours after contact was lost early into a flight from the capital to a high-security prison.
In a televised address, President Vicente Fox vowed to push on with his fight against violent gangs running drugs into the United States.
"Today, more than ever, I repeat the commitment of my government and of
