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Mexican truck carrying explosives crashes; in Northern Mexico, kills 28
Tweet Topic Started: Sep 11 2007, 12:49 AM (205 Views)
legitlinda	Sep 11 2007, 12:49 AM Post #1
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 2,746 Group: Member Member #29 Joined: September 6, 2006	A Mexican truck carrying explosives crashes and blows up killing 28 people in Northern Mexico. Those truck drivers are really well trained aren't they! Notice the headlines says "Mine explosives blow up". How slanted is this Headline, that they don't want it to read the way it should, "Mexican truck carrying explosives blows up", is what it should readl Quote: By JUAN MONTANO, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 16 minutes ago Mine explosives blow up, 28 dead in Mex. PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico - A truck carrying ammonium nitrate to a mine caught fire after a highway crash and blew up, killing at least 28 people and injuring some 150, state and federal officials reported Monday. Authorities said two trucks smashed into each other Sunday night on a busy highway in northern Mexico, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers as well as a small army of police, soldiers, emergency officials and journalists. Shortly after the crowd arrived, the wreckage caught fire, and the ammonium nitrate exploded, sending a ball of fire into the sky that consumed nearby cars and left a 10-by 40-foot crater in the road. Ernesto Mata Castillo, a doctor who helped victims of the initial crash, said Monday that the explosion of the apparently unmarked truck was "the kind of thing I have only seen on television, in war zones." "I saw pieces of the truck flying through the air all over the place," said Mata Castillo, who was driving on the highway about 125 miles southwest of the U.S. border where the accident occurred. Story link



Toothless Dawg	Sep 11 2007, 08:32 AM Post #2
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 4,826 Group: Member Member #22 Joined: August 25, 2006	Accidents happen. I'm sure the mexican driver had the best driver's training and best CDL that money could buy. Reminds me of an accident that happened in July when I was working in Zapata TX. We were in the middle of desert (?) (No other way to describe it. Nothing was there but scrub brush, tarantulas, scorpions, and us) and the road was two lane paved and straight as an arrow for as far as you could see. Two truck cranes were on the road driving toward each other ... you've seen these trucks they normally travel about 45mph. Speed limit on the road was 70mph but I doubt the trucks were going that fast. For reasons known but to the two drivers, the trucks hit head on and killed both drivers. Both vehicles were demolished and diesel fuel and truck parts were scattered all over the road. No other vehicles were involved. There is not that much traffic on the roads there anyway. I wonder if the driver of the dynamite truck will be charged for not telling anyone about his load? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ... its population control. A way of life in Mexico.



legitlinda	Sep 11 2007, 04:47 PM Post #3
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 2,746 Group: Member Member #29 Joined: September 6, 2006	I know accidents happen, and I'm really sorry for the people that were involved; but I also know that I don't trust Mexican drivers in general. The thought of them having free reign throughout our country is very scary.



Toothless Dawg	Sep 11 2007, 05:18 PM Post #4
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 4,826 Group: Member Member #22 Joined: August 25, 2006	Linda, I wasn't disagreeing with you ... I was being facetious in my statement and the part about the best CDL money could buy. I truly wonder how many american families must die for these stinkin' politicians to get enough votes or payoffs.



legitlinda	Sep 11 2007, 11:16 PM Post #5
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 2,746 Group: Member Member #29 Joined: September 6, 2006	Toothless Dawg,Sep 11 2007 03:18 PM Linda, I wasn't disagreeing with you ... I was being facetious in my statement and the part about the best CDL money could buy. I truly wonder how many american families must die for these stinkin' politicians to get enough votes or payoffs. Dawg, you kind of threw me off there for a minute, I gotcha now....



Toothless Dawg	Sep 12 2007, 08:19 AM Post #6
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 4,826 Group: Member Member #22 Joined: August 25, 2006	hahaha yeah, I hear that from my wife quite often :lol: :lol: :lol:



legitlinda	Sep 12 2007, 01:23 PM Post #7
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 2,746 Group: Member Member #29 Joined: September 6, 2006	Now this is a welcomed surprise. Senator Dorgan D- ND has stopped the Mexican trucking plan for the time being! Quote: Senate votes to kill Mexican truck demo Bush 'Open Borders' agenda dealt serious bipartisan blow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: September 11, 2007 10:49 p.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi � 2007 WorldNetDaily.com The U.S. Senate has dealt a likely death blow to the Bush administration plans to give Mexican long-haul trucking rigs free access to American roads and highways. A bipartisan majority voted 74-24 tonight to pass an amendment offered by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to remove funding from the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Transportation appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation Mexican trucking demonstration project. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., joined Dorgan as a co-sponsor of the amendment. "Tonight, commerce � for a change � did not trump safety," Dorgan said in a news release issued after the vote. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article....RTICLE_ID=57597 I emailed the Senator and thanked him. senator@dorgan.senate.gov



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