Overview
- A trailer lost control near kilometer 48–49 at Coyotepec on Thursday morning, November 12, and struck three passenger buses, causing one bus to overturn and heavy damage to the others.
- Protección Civil and local emergency teams reported a preliminary toll of 27 people injured and transported for care, with multiple reports noting that many of the passengers were preschool and primary school students.
- First responders from Protección Civil, the Servicio de Urgencias del Estado de México (SUEM), the Guardia Nacional and municipal paramedics triaged victims on site and moved the injured to hospitals.
- Caminos y Puentes Federales (CAPUFE) closed the highway toward Mexico City, later allowing partial reopening with lane reductions and heavy congestion while cranes removed the wrecked vehicles and crews cleaned the road.
- Drivers were advised to use alternate routes such as the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense and the Arco Norte and authorities continue investigating the crash and overseeing recovery operations.