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Truck Convoy Crash Triggers Series of Accidents on Morelia Ring Roads

Officials reported only minor injuries, with scenes secured and lanes cleared.

Volcó tráiler sobre Libramiento de Morelia a la altura de El Realito
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Overview

  • Two Grupo Ortiz tractor‑trailers crashed on the Libramiento Norte after a car made an abrupt lane change, and both drivers were uninjured.
  • The affected units were traveling in a caravan, ended up off the roadway after evasive maneuvers, and were empty trailers used to transport polypropylene.
  • A separate rear‑end pileup near Macroplaza Estadio on the Libramiento Norponiente involved a white Freightliner and four cars, leaving a woman and a young man with minor contusions treated on scene by Cruz Roja and CRUM.
  • A pickup partially overturned into a median ditch on the PátzcuaroMorelia road near km 33 in Huiramba, and transit agents conducted peritajes and requested a tow after paramedics found no serious injuries.
  • A Kenworth tanker carrying 36,400 liters of gasoline had an engine fire on the Libramiento Poniente that the driver and two gas delivery workers extinguished before firefighters arrived to cool the vehicle and clear the route.