A truck invaded the Metrobús lane in Mexico City, leaving a balance of five wounded and causing the closure of Insurgentes Norte.
According to the Mexico City Public Transportation System, a red van was circulating in the Metrobús lane. Seeing that a public transportation bus was stopped in front, he tried to get out of the lane.
However, in maneuver lost control and hit the unit 1122 of Line 1 from the back, as well as at least six other nearby vehiclesreveal the monitoring videos of the Center for Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact of CDMX (C5).
After the events, the Metrobús reported that five people traveling in the vehicles individuals involved resulted injured.
For his part, the driver had bruisesbut these did not warrant transfer to a hospital. No passenger was injured.
A van that was circulating on Av. Insurgentes, col. Good view, @AlcCuauhtemocMx, lost control and hit a public transport unit. Six more vehicles were affected. Emergency teams assessed 5 injured. Avoid the area. #Working together pic.twitter.com/yymaV1qIgB
— Secretary of Comprehensive Risk Management and PC (@SGIRPC_CDMX) August 19, 2022
The incident occurred at the height of Avenida Insurgentes, between the Buenavista station and the Chopo station, Buenavista neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc City Hall.
Firefighters and medical services from the Red Cross and the Medical Emergency and Rescue Squad (ERUM) arrived at the scene, as well as surveillance elements from the Metrobus Auxiliary Police.
after the incident Insurgentes Avenue was temporarily closed to continue with the emergency work.
Also, the line 1 service was modified with temporary circuits from Indios Verdes to San Simón (north section) and from El Caminero to Reforma (south section), while Manuel González to Plaza de la República was left without service.
Given this, the Metrobús called on citizens to respect and not invade the confined lanes of public transport services.