21 dead due to bus crash in Joquicingo

A little more than 10 hours after the accident on the Joquicingo-Malinalco highway, in the State of Mexico, the authorities reported the death of two other people, updating the balance to 19 dead and 27 injured. Likewise, the Mexican Government stressed that the last two fatalities died in the hospitals of the Health sector where they were treated for the injuries caused by the accident in the municipality of Joquicingo, Edomex.It added that both, apparently a man and a woman, died in the course of the afternoon because of the injuries, after they had been hospitalized in a serious state. And it is that after 9:00 hours, a truck that transported pilgrims from Michoacán to Chalma, in the Edomex, crashed into a house, so there was a large mobilization of emergency elements in the entity, after some of the passengers would have been trapped on board the unit. Similarly, in addition to elements of the State and Municipal Police, as well as Civil Protection and elements of the Subdirectorate of Emergencies of the State of Mexico (SUEM), 10 ambulances from the Red Cross delegations in Toluca, Lerma, Metepec, Tenancingo, Ixtapan de la Sal and Huixquilucan participated.In addition, some of the injured were transferred to hospitals aboard two helicopters of the Lightning Group of the Government of the State of Mexico, while the deceased are transferred to the Public Ministry Agency of Tenango del Valle, where they will be handed over to their families. The probable cause Also, after the accident, Ricardo de la Cruz, Undersecretary of Government of Edomex, said that one of the causes for which the crash could have occurred would be the inclination of the slope on which the bus was traveling, crashing after running out of brakes, according to some versions. Read more: Alfredo Del Mazo mourns the death of 19 people after truck crash in JoquicingoWhile, journalistic versions highlight that inhabitants of the area said that this point was already dangerous for a long time, because it is used as a shortcut by heavy vehicles, and although they asked the authorities for actions to prevent its use by such units, they never did anything. 



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