Overview
- A double‑remolque heavy truck overturned near the Nuevo Periférico crossing in Tonalá on the Guadalajara–Zapotlanejo highway when one trailer box detached and fell onto a private car.
- Emergency teams confirmed the car’s driver was trapped and died at the scene and three other occupants were hurt, including a minor, with one person moved to a Tonalá hospital for specialized care.
- Protección Civil attributed the separation to a mechanical failure in the trailer’s towing system, saying the towing connection (sistema de tirón) failed and projected the detached box under the car.
- Firefighters, Protección Civil, paramedics and Guardia Nacional personnel carried out rescue and removal operations and worked to clear the roadway while traffic remained restricted in both directions.
- The truck was carrying beer and was near a Farmacias Guadalajara distribution center, a reminder that heavy commercial traffic uses this corridor and that transport inspections or a formal probe by authorities could follow.