Costa Maya, Q.R. — One person was injured in a highway traffic accident that involved three heavy units. Two dump trucks and a semi that crashed on a section of Chetumal-Escárcega highway in the Maya Zone also created a long line of backed up traffic.
State Rural Police were at the scene sorting out the metal mess of vehicles that left the highway blocked. According to available information, the accident was the result of one of the dump trucks attempting to pass a car.
While passing, the driver slammed head on into an oncoming semi in the other lane that hit another truck. All three industrial vehicles were heavily damaged in the crash.
Elements of the State Rural Police requested paramedics who provided first aid to one injured person before transferring him to hospital.
The highway was blocked in both directions for several hours while police waited for heavy duty tow trucks to arrive and remove the three damaged vehicles.