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Mexico City Tanker Blast Death Toll Rises to 25

Prosecutors face conflicting video evidence over an alleged speeding cause.

Overview

  • The Mexico City Health Ministry reported 25 fatalities, 21 people still hospitalized and 38 patients discharged.
  • The LP gas tanker overturned and exploded on Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza near the Puente de la Concordia in Iztapalapa.
  • City prosecutors say excessive speed caused the crash, though surveillance footage circulated by media shows the truck moving at a moderate pace, and the driver’s death was also reported this week.
  • Investigators published photo bulletins to help identify two victims—an unidentified deceased man and a critically injured young woman—and requested public assistance.
  • Two-year-old survivor Jazlyn Azulet was transferred to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Galveston and was reported extubated in critical-stable condition by the Michou y Mau foundation.