Overview
- Authorities confirmed the crash occurred on the morning of December 25 near José Tomás Cuéllar in Colonia Obrera, leaving the driver dead at the scene.
- Witnesses and video indicate the taxi struck a lamppost and a palm at high speed before flipping, ejecting the driver from the vehicle.
- Firefighters freed a small dog from the wrecked taxi alive and transferred it for veterinary evaluation.
- Footage recorded earlier shows the driver behaving erratically near Avenida Pino Suárez, with two SSC patrol units nearby, prompting online criticism of police non-intervention.
- The Fiscalía de la Ciudad de México opened an investigation as ERUM, firefighters, Protección Civil and police secured the scene and removed the taxi with economic number A-8371-C; any intoxication findings remain unconfirmed.