Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Q.R. — Three people heading to the island of Holbox were taken to hospital after their taxi crashed into a cargo truck. The two vehicle accident happened Saturday morning outside the town of Francisco May.
Available information reports that a woman was found trapped inside the van after the driver slammed into the back of a cargo vehicle. Emergency services were called to the site along a section of Felipe Carrillo Puerto highway around 11:00 a.m.
Paramedics, firemen and Civil Protection were part of the first responders. Firmen worked to free the woman they located trapped inside the vehicle while paramedics assessed the other two people from inside the van.
All three were taken to hospital.
According to preliminary reports, excessive speed and wet roads caused the driver to skid the van into the back of the truck. Traffic was heavily congested Saturday while tow truck worked to remove the vehicles.
