© Madla Hartz/EPARescuers look through bunt-out cars after a truck crashed into a toll booth in Mexico, killing at least 19 people
The brakes on the truck apparently failed before it crashed into the toll booth and then the vehicles on Saturday, igniting a large fire on the highway connecting Mexico City with Puebla state.
A statement from Mexico's federal roads and bridges agency said the truck was transporting shampoo base at the time. The accident occurred in Mexico state.
Vehicles involved in the accident were engulfed in flames, with some near the toll booth completely destroyed.
It’s possible to stop a vehicle with brake failure by using your gears to slow the engine. I’d have thought a professional driver would know this? Whatever, I ain’t buying the official bollocks.
I think maybe this happened instead. [Link]