Mexico toll booth interstate disaster

On 7 November 2021, 19 people were killed in a large crash on the Mexican Federal Highway. A shampoo truck smashed into cars at a toll booth on the highway connecting Mexico City with Puebla, causing a large fire.

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A truck travelling towards Mexico City crashed through the San Marcos Huixtoco tollbooths before colliding with many cars heading in the opposite direction. The crash precipitated a large fire that engulfed several vehicles and burned their occupants to death. The crash was caught on camera. The disaster occurred at the Plaza de Cobro San Marcos, a toll booth in the State of Mexico just east of the border with Mexico City on Mexican Federal Highway 150D.

Mexico's Federal Roads and Bridges and Related Services agency said the crash was caused by a brake failure.