Car ploughs into cyclists

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Shocking moment drunk driver ploughs into group of cyclists
03rd June 2008

A cyclist was killed and 10 others were injured yesterday when a car ploughed into a bike race in Mexico. The terrified sportsmen were hurled high into the air as a 28-year-old driver, apparently drunk and asleep at the wheel, crashed into the race near the US-Mexico border.

A photograph taken by a city official shows cyclists and equipment being thrown skywards like rag dolls by the collision. Police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez said Juan Campos was charged with killing Alejandro Alvarez, 37, of Monterrey. Authorities said the wreck happened 15 minutes into the 34km race on Sunday along a highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.

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I hope they dragged him from that car and battered him even more senseless.

maycm · 'cheeky banana' Joined: 29 Apr 2006

Words fail me.

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

I heard this on the news this morning but didn't see the pictures. It's gut wrenching seeing that.

nekokate · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: West Yorkshire, UK

Absolutely horrific. This is just terrible.

And I say that having been playing Grand Theft Auto today - apparently it didn't desensitise me because that picture is truly shocking.

eefanincan · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Canada

I used to go over to Mexico all the time when I lived in Texas and they drive like maniacs. I can totally see this happening. Tragic.