Overview
- State civil protection officials report approximately 40 vehicles involved on the Lerma–Xonacatlán stretch, including passenger buses, cargo trucks, private cars, a motorcycle and emergency units.
- Two responding units—Cruz Roja’s rescue truck MÉX-585 and SUEM’s Ambulancia R1—collided during the response, and a motorcyclist struck in the sequence died, while paramedics were hospitalized.
- The bypass is closed in both directions as coordinated crews from Protección Civil, SUEM, Cruz Roja, Policía Estatal and the Guardia Nacional work to clear wreckage and treat victims.
- Protección Civil’s latest preliminary toll stands at three fatalities and roughly 15 injured, after earlier local reports cited two deaths and 10 injuries.
- The crashes were concentrated near kilometers 4 to 5 by the Xonacatlán toll booth, and drivers have been urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes.