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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2007 
Mexico Dynamite Truck Explosion Kills 37
 Associated Press
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Piedras Negras, Mexico - A truck carrying mining explosives blew up after colliding with another vehicle in northern Mexico, killing at least 37 people, including three reporters who came to the scene, state and federal officials said.
Soldiers, police, emergency officials, nearby residents and reporters were on the scene Sunday night when the a fire broke out and the truck filled with explosives went off, according to Luis Horacio de Hoyos of the Coahuila state Attorney General's Office.
The explosion occurred near the town of Sacramento.
Maximo Alberto Neri Lopez, a federal police official, said 37 people were killed and 150 were injured. He said the explosion left a 10-by-40 foot crater in the concrete.
De Hoyos said three newspaper reporters from the city of Monclova were among the dead.
Mexico Truck Blast 'Kills Dozens'
BBC
go to originalA truck carrying mining explosives in northern Mexico has blown up after being in a collision with another vehicle, killing more than 30 people.
The explosion, which happened overnight in Coahuila state, also injured more than 100 others, officials said.
Many of the dead are believed to be bystanders who rushed to the scene of the crash and were caught up in the blast, Mexican media reported.
The explosion left a 15m-wide (40ft) crater in the road, police said.
Emergency services, police and residents were at the scene of the crash near the town of Sacramento, about 600km (375 miles) north of Mexico City, when the lorry exploded, state officials said.
Among the dead were at least three reporters who had gone to cover the accident.
Coahuila is a mining state where explosives are used in the coal industry.
Last year, a mining accident in Coahuila left 65 people dead. |
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