Report: Dynamite blast on truck kills 37 in Mexico

Mexican Dynamite Truck Explodes; 37 Die

Sep 10 08:59 AM US/Eastern

 

 

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (AP) - A truck carrying explosives for the
mining industry exploded after running into another vehicle in northern
Mexico, killing at least 37 people, a federal police official said
Monday.

The two cars collided Sunday evening on a highway in Coahuila state, near the town of Sacramento, Luis Horacio de Hoyos said.

Soldiers, police, emergency officials, nearby residents and
reporters were on the scene when the vehicle suddenly caught fire,
igniting the truck full of explosives.

Maximo Alberto Neri Lopez, a federal police official, said 37 people
were killed and 150 were injured. He said the explosion left a 3-meter
by 15-meter crater in the concrete.

De Hoyos said three newspaper reporters from the city of Monclova were among the dead.

(CNN) -- A truck carrying more than 25 tons of dynamite exploded Monday in northern Mexico, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 100, according to Notimex, Mexico's official news agency.

Three Mexican reporters were among those killed, the report said.

Video footage showed the burned-out, mangled shell of the truck and nearby cars damaged by the blast.

The explosion happened at a factory near Monclova -- about 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Monterrey -- in the Mexican state of Coahuila, the report said.

The cause of the blast is under investigation, but Notimex reported that there is no indication of foul play.