Mexican border town hit by truck crash

[spotbird]

LUCIO BLANCO, Mexico (AP) -- A small settlement near a bridge to the United States was reduced to little more than rubble when a tanker truck collided with a train, killing two people and injuring at least 44.

Witnesses said they heard two large explosions Thursday followed by a series of smaller ones, with gusts of fire ripping through cement-wall homes and blasting off corrugated metal roofing.

"It was like an earthquake," said Jorge Batres, describing how flames spread to nearby cars, shops and houses.

The truck owned by Techno Gas of Monterrey, Mexico, was hauling two tank loads of liquid petroleum gas. Witnesses say the truck failed to stop when the train sounded.

Orlando Garcia, director of emergency services for Matamoros, Mexico, said the driver of the truck and the train's engineer died. He said the most severely injured were taken to hospitals in Monterrey. Others were taken to hospitals in Matamoros and across the border to Harlingen, Texas. It took several hours to find all the injured.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/12/mexico.truck.ap/

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1. Trucks...

• Teamsters bail from AFL-CIO


• Trucker protests


• Exploding truck in Utah


• Truck smashes border town


What is going on here? :tinfoilhat:

[Rainscents]

2. Cheap Labor!

This is what happen when our job is offloaded.

[Corgigal]

3. OMG

It's Maximum Overdrive come alive. Quick all Du'ers, run into a local run down diner.

Book/Movie info here:

About the Movie: For three days in 1986, the earth passed through the tail of a mysterious comet. During that time, machines on earth suddenly come to life and terrorize their human creators. A small group of people in a truck stop, surrounded by "alive" semi-trailers, set out to stop the machines before the machines stop them.

Directed by: Stephen King

[dbonds]

4. That is one movie I had to force myself not to walk out on.

Only the soundtrack kept me there. AC/DC rocks.

[MindPilot]

5. Anyone remember "Killdozer"?

An alien "life-force" takes over a Cat D-9. Destruction and panic ensue.