Overview

• The collision occurred Saturday evening at kilometer 127 on the Chocholá–Kopomá stretch of the federal Mérida–Campeche route.
• A cargo truck, a private car and a taxi colectivo were involved, with authorities confirming 15 fatalities including the truck driver and one person found burned inside the taxi.
• Paramedics treated two injured people at the scene before transporting them to a hospital.
• The highway was closed as state police, the National Guard and the forensic service secured the area and transferred bodies to the medical examiner.
• The state prosecutor opened a case to determine causes and responsibility, and officials pledged support for families as local reports named the taxi driver as Roussel Estrada and suggested several victims may be from Calkiná, pending confirmation.