On the morning of this Sunday, April 28, a fatal accident in the Capulín-Chalma highway. A truck that transported pilgrims from the state of Guanajuato to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Chalma, overturned at the height of the Guarda de Guerrero area, in MalinalcoMexico state.
According to the Edomex Security Secretariatpreliminarily it is reported 14 people dead and at least 31 injured. “The bus was traveling with passengers from San Luis de la Paz, state of Guanajuato. It is important to note that medical units from the municipalities of Tenancingo, Zumpahuacán, Tenango del Valle and Toluca came to the aid, in order to provide immediate attention to the victims,” the agency said in a brief statement.
“Our staff paramedicon board two ambulances, participates in the coordinated care and transfer of people injured by the rollover of a passenger bus on the road to Malinalco near the El Guarda area; “They were heading to the sanctuary of Chalma,” the Toluca Red Cross.
According to local media Toluca Today, the accident occurred on the borders of Malinalco and Joquicingo, and the scene of the accident has already been cordoned off by the police of both municipalities; Likewise, personnel from the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) to begin the first procedures and lift the bodies of the victims, who are both inside the vehicle and on the asphalt.
Although social media users indicate that it is common to see cars at full speed On the slope where the accident occurred, the experts will be the ones to determine the causes of the accident; The photographs that are already circulating on the internet show the bus overturned on its side and it can be seen that lost two tires.
Regarding people woundsseveral of them are being treated at the point by paramedics while another three reported as serious were taken in helicopters from Grupo Relámpagos to the Adolfo López Mateos Medical Center, in the city of Toluca; while the rest of the injured were taken to local hospitals of Malinalco and Tenancingoannounced the General Coordination of Civil Protection and Comprehensive Risk Management of the State of Mexico.
For its part, the Directorate of Civil Protection of San Luis de la Paz, where the victims are from, indicated on social networks that it is in coordination with the authorities of the State of Mexico in order to keep the families of the injured people informed; So far, local media have released a preliminary list of the injured and the hospitals to which they were transferred:
Alma Alcaraz Hernández, coalition candidate Let’s keep making history to the governorship of Guanajuatospoke on social networks after the unfortunate accident of his countrymen:
“My heart goes out to the families of the 14 Guanajuato pilgrims who lost their lives in the unfortunate accident in Malinalco, State of Mexico, and with the 31 who were injured. May God have you in his holy glorymay they find peace and comfort in the midst of this pain and may health be soon restored to the injured,” the brunette published in X.
The Guanajuato politician expressed himself in this same vein. Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, who aspires to the Senate for Morena, who asked that the bereaved find strength and hope in these difficult times. “My most sincere condolences to the families of the 14 Guanajuato pilgrims who lost their lives in the tragic accident in Malinalco. Also, I send my best wishes for speedy recovery to the 31 who were injured,” he wrote on social networks.
At the same time, Yulma Rocha, Citizen Movement candidate for state governor, also spoke on social networks: “I sadly receive the news of the accident that took place in Malinalco in which 14 Guanajuato pilgrims died and more than 30 were injured. My condolences and solidarity with affected families. I wholeheartedly wish a speedy recovery to those who are hospitalized,” he published in X.
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