Van crash in northern Mexico kills 11; triggers wildfire

Monterrey, NL., Twelve tourists from Tamaulipas died – including four minors – and four were injured when the truck in which they were moving, allegedly due to a mechanical failure, fell to a ravine at kilometer 14 of the road leading to Cola de Caballo, in the municipality of Santiago, Nuevo León.

Twelve people were killed and four more were injured Sunday in northern Mexico after a van crashed into a ravine and caught fire, causing a fire in the surrounding forest, state authorities said.

The fall of a van in a ravine in Mexico caused at least 12 deaths among the 16 passengers in the vehicle. Four people are still hospitalized.

Twelve dead in crash that caused forest fire

Twelve people died and another four were injured in northern Mexico after a van crashed into a ravine and caught fire, sparking a blaze in the surrounding forest, state authorities said.

No signs of braking were found on the roadway - The accident caused a fire in a forest area, which was extinguished.

An excursion trip in the mountain range of the municipality of Santiago, Nuevo León ended in tragedy when a van type van was turned over in which 16 people were traveling, of which 12 died, according to Nuevo León Civil Protection reported on the afternoon of this Sunday 23rd March. The accident was presented on the road to the Cola de Caballo at the height of kilometer 20, between Puerto Genovevo and the Manzano, one of the most visited natural…