Car plows into Mexican bike race, one dead

[lefty]

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By The Associated Press ADVERTISEMENT



MONTERREY, Mexico - A car plowed into a bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others Sunday.

The 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the race, police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez said Monday.

A photograph taken by a city official showed bicyclists and equipment being hurled high into the air by the collision.

Rodriguez said Juan Campos was charged with killing 37-year-old Alejandro Alvarez of Monterrey.

Authorities said the wreck happened 15 minutes into the 34-kilometre race Sunday along a highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.

Campos said he is an American citizen living in Brownsville. The U.S. Consulate could not immediately confirm that.

"We are looking into the incident in terms of whether American citizens were involved," consulate spokesman Todd Huizinga said.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Is there some sort of contest for who can find most fucked up thing you could find on the internet today? In the last like hour there have been several threads that have seriously upped the "WTF!?!?!?" quotient around here by a few points. I'm scared to see what the next one will be.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

double post

[BacktoBasics]

Its hard to tell if they're all jumping out of the car or it the car hits them.

[degenerate_gambler]

that is an awesome picture..

[BigZak]

i should feel guilty for laughing shouldn't i...:lmao

[peewee's lovechild]

This happened in Matamoros, just two minutes south of my hometown Brownsville.

A family friend was in that group.
He's in critical condition.

Fucker is in a hospital in Matamoros.
I don't think he's going to make it.
They're not known for a superior health system.

According to Brownsville news channels, and my sister, the driver is an American citizen from Brownsville.

That fucker is going to get killed in Mexico, in or out of a jail.

[degenerate_gambler]

According to Brownsville news channels, and my sister, the driver is an American citizen from Brownsville.

That fucker is going to get killed in Mexico, in or out of a jail.


Yep...

dude is not long for this world.