In the middle of the December holiday season, vehicular traffic on the Autopista del Sol has been affected for more than five hours, after the crash and fire of a tractor-trailer, in which the driver of the unit lost his life.
According to local media, shortly before 11 a.m. this Saturday, before reaching the Tierra Colorada braking ramp, the loaded truck collided with two pickup trucks, hit the dividing wall and finally overturned and caught fire.
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The accident took place at kilometer 318+300 of the Autopista del Sol, towards Acapulco in the municipality of Juan R. Escudero.
Emergency bodies arrived at the scene to put out the fire due to which the driver of the damaged unit lost his life, burned to death when he was trapped in the cabin; In addition, the flames caused a fire in the grassland area adjacent to the road, complicating rescue maneuvers.
Cars and workers also arrived in the area. capufeNational Guard Highway Sector, Civil Protection of Juan R Escudero and State Attorney General’s Office (FGE).
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The closures to traffic due to the work carried out by the staff of the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection of Guerrero to remove the remains of the tractor-trailer and clean the accident area have caused a line of more than 10 kilometers of stopped cars that They head towards the port of Acapulco from different areas of the country.
The governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, reported on the creation of a provisional lane towards the port of Acapulco, to lighten the vehicular load, while the Civil Protection bodies continue working.