Overview
- Veracruz civil protection officials said a passenger bus careened into a ravine on the Naranjal–Nexca route, leaving about 30 people injured, many of them students, with transfers to hospitals in Córdoba and the local IMSS clinic as causes are investigated.
- On Argentina’s Ruta 9/34 near the Río Juramento, a head‑on collision between an ambulance and a car left the patient’s companion dead and at least four others injured, prompting full road closures for coordinated rescue operations by firefighters and emergency medical teams.
- An eight‑vehicle pileup on Madrid’s A‑42 sent eight people to hospitals, two with potentially serious injuries, as firefighters extricated one driver and the Guardia Civil imposed traffic cuts during clearing operations.
- A judicial update in Potrerillos, Argentina, saw an alcohol‑positive truck driver released without criminal charges after a reconstruction indicated the smaller car had crossed into the opposite lane, though administrative penalties still apply.
- Authorities across affected regions cited dense fog, rain and reduced visibility as recurring hazards contributing to separate crashes, urging drivers to slow down and exercise caution on curving or mountain stretches.