Government coordinates support for pilgrims after accident

The General Secretariat of Government of Edomex, as well as the General Coordination of Civil Protection and Integral Risk Management will remain in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, in follow-up to the accident that left 13 dead and 10 injured on the León-Aguascalientes Highway.This, after among the victims there are pilgrims who traveled from Toluca, Edomex, to San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, aboard the black van that overturned over a ditch at kilometer 35 of the road. Likewise, Mexican Civil Protection stressed that all those injured in the mishap have already been transferred to hospitals in Lagos de Moreno, where they will be treated for the injuries left by the accident. While in the municipality of Jalisco is already the head of Civil Protection of Edomex, Samuel Gutiérrez, by instruction of Governor Alfredo del Mazo, where he already coordinates with the administrations of Jalisco and Guanajuato, whose emergency services attended the mishap of this Saturday. Similarly, the coordination in charge of Gutierrez announced through his Twitter account that the delivery of care and support to the injured is already managed, while the mayor of Temoaya, municipality originating from several of the injured pilgrims, regretted this afternoon the tragedy while endorsing his full support for the injured and the relatives of the deceased. As for the accident While so far the causes of the overturning of the black van that transported 23 pilgrims from Toluca to San Juan de los Lagos are unknown, where every year a religious tribute is made to the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos. after the increase in Covid-19 cases in that area of the entity. Read more: Edomex Congress endorses that municipalities restructure public debt with 15-year creditLikewise, at first the number of victims was 12 dead and 11 injured, 8 men and 4 women, two of them minors, being updated a few hours ago because one of the patients who was in serious condition, he died while being treated in hospital.



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