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Three Dead, Five Injured After Pickup Swept Away Crossing Jalisco River

Officials cite an attempted river crossing during the rainy season as the likely cause.

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Overview

  • Eight people were aboard the pickup as it tried to ford the La Hiedra river at Paso de Ramblas Chico toward Tototlán in Tepatitlán.
  • Emergency crews found the overturned vehicle around 23:00, rescuing five injured survivors and recovering a man and a boy from inside.
  • A 59-year-old woman reported missing was located downstream the next morning about 800 meters away with help from drones.
  • Protección Civil reported the incident began around 20:30 and said preliminary information points to the driver’s decision to enter the rising current.
  • Authorities said the deaths raise Jalisco’s 2025 rainy-season toll to 14 and urged residents to avoid riverbeds, arroyos and flooded roads and to respect risk signage.