Wow, top notch mexican investigation!

[TexasCowgirl]

For those too digusted to read the article, let me summarize:

Truck crashed. Driver(s) took off. Truck exploded. No leads, no witnesses, no accountability. Coming to a highway near you (well at least that's what MY senators wanted).

Oh well! Time for margaritas! (who cares if people died?!?)

Mystery still shrouds truck explosion

Web Posted: 09/11/2007 05:11 PM CDT

Sean Mattson
Express-News Mexico Correspondent

MONTERREY, Mexico — Authorities on Tuesday confirmed that the death toll was 28 from the explosion of a truck loaded with ammonium nitrate Sunday evening in the border state of Coahuila.


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Officials and local media had suggested that the number killed was higher in the freak accident, which blew a crater in a two-lane highway near a small farming village and a water park packed with families on weekend outings.

Enrique Luna, the chief of police investigations in Monclova, a steel city a few miles from the accident site, said the driver of the truck and a co-driver had survived the explosion and were wanted for questioning.

"They haven't been located," Luna said.

He said authorities were investigating if Orica, the Australian company that was transporting the explosive material, had taken all the legally required safety measures for the shipment.

The truck, loaded with 25 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, crashed into a pickup on a highway crowded with people returning from day trips.

It took up to an hour after the accident for the cargo to explode, and questions arose about why authorities did not evacuate the scene.

Orica refused to comment on the incident.

"There is no spokesperson available," said a woman who answered the phone at Orica's headquarters in Coahuila and declined to identify herself. "I have no answers for you."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico ... c4903.html

[redpony353]

HOW DID BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SURVIVE THE EXPLOSION WHEN SO MANY OTHERS WERE KILLED? AND WHERE ARE THEY?

[TexasCowgirl]

Well gee, that's because the truck full of explosives didn't explode for a full hour after the crash. No one knows why the mexican "police" didn't evacuate the scene, and no one seems to care enough to find out why.

But according to some Senators of the US, this is cool with them to be driving on the highways with you. They just hope you don't ask questions!

(/end sarcasm)

[azwreath]

The drivers took off, huh? It was probably a big part of their training on what to do should they ever be in a wreck here in the States and the chapter on "Effectively Fleeing the Scene" just automatically kicked in