Metal screamed before anyone could react. In seconds, a routine drive on the Mexico-Querétaro Highway turned into a wall of twisted steel and shattered glass. Drivers slammed their brakes, but there was nowhere to go. A trailer cut across all three lanes, trapping families, commuters, lives. Witnesses later described a deafening impact followed by an eerie silence, broken only by cries for help and the wail of approaching ambulances. The trailer, unable to stop in time, had plowed into several vehicles before coming to rest sideways, sealing off the northbound lanes like a barricade. Some drivers escaped their cars in...
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