A pipe loaded with more than 20 thousand liters of gasoline overturned on the road Mexico-Nogalesin the area of Desengaño, very close to the border with the neighboring state of Sonora, so the emergency services they had to close traffic on this land route, until part of the fuel was recovered.
The lieutenant Mario Cosme GallardoAhome’s municipal coordinator for Civil Protection, said that traffic was resumed on said land route late last Saturday night, once the asphalt folder was cleaned, part of the fuel was recovered and the damaged unit was removed.
According to the report, last Saturday afternoon, the driver of a truck loaded with 20,000 liters of fuel that was traveling along the Mexico-Nogales federal highway, from south to north, eight kilometers from the community of Desengaño, In an attempt to avoid the impact of a truck whose driver recklessly climbed onto the asphalt layer, he overturned.
The pipe was overturned in the gutter of the road on its right side, so it spilled part of the gasoline it was transporting, so the emergency services took the driver to a hospital and proceeded to clean the asphalt folder and recover part of the gas.
Cosme Gallardo stated that for security reasons the circulation of the road had to be closed for a little more than three hours in a small section, In order to avoid a possible major accident, Once the situation was controlled, circulation returned to normal.
The Municipal Coordinator of Civil Protection in Ahome estimated that just over two thousand liters of fuel were lost, without its spill presenting greater danger to motorists when reopening vehicular traffic.
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