Cancun, Q.R. — A distracted Cancun taxi driver who ended up crashing into the back of a parked vehicle, was taken to hospital with severe head injuries.
The accident was called into emergency services Thursday by workers from a city cleaning crew who witnessed the taxi crashing into the back of the parked truck bed. Emergency personnel responded to the call on Los Tules Avenue in Cancun where they found the small car embedded under the back end of a truck.
The taxi belonged to the Andrés Quintana Roo Trade Union. Passersby helped the driver of the taxi out of his smashed car while waiting for paramedics who rushed him to hospital with severe head injuries.