2024-04-25 05:33:00
The Saltillo-Monterrey highway it’s found closed for about 10 hours due to a collision between trailers which caused a great fire. Witnesses have called her a trailer carambola because four of these large cargo vehicles were involved.
The National Guardhighway division, reported at 1:22 in the morning on April 22 that this accident occurred at kilometer 61 of the Saltillo-Monterrey highway and until the morning the road is closed.
The effects are in both directions, so it is recommended to use the free road.
Block on Saltillo-Monterrey highway continues and there is no reopening time
The administration of the Saltillo-Monterrey highway detailed Almost 10 hours after the closure it goes from kilometer 54 to 83 in both directions, so it is recommended to take precautions.
The official account on X, before Twitter, indicated that there is no estimated time for reopening.
The fire is still expected to be completely extinguished since the vehicles have been a total loss, according to reports. Two of the trailers were transporting plastic and two more were empty.
Carambola of four trailers does not allow passage on the Saltillo-Monterrey highway
The trailer carambola took place on the lanes with heading towards Nuevo León and due to the size of the accident, both directions were affected.
Although two trailers can be seen in the images, local media claim that it was a crash in which four of these vehicles were involved.
The possible causes of the star fruit that involved four trailers was the dense fog in the area.
In the past, the fog in the Saltillo-Monterrey highway It has generated accidents with crashes to the toll booths, although on this occasion it was before reaching them.
Cold Front 47 generated bad weather conditions on the Saltillo-Monterrey highway
It should be remembered that the entrance of the Cold Front 47 affects the northwest of the country, which includes Coahuila y New Lion.
This has generated intervals of showers with occasional heavy rains in:
- Coahuila
- New Lion
- Tlaxcala
- Tabasco
And it has also generated heavy rains and hail in states like
- San Luis Potosi
- Hidalgo
- Puebla
- Veracruz
- Oaxaca
2024-04-25 05:33:00