At least 34 dead, 150 injured in collision of dynamite truck, vehicle in Mexico

More than 150 people were hurt in the explosion.

The Associated Press

9/10/2007

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — A truck carrying mining explosives blew up after colliding with another vehicle in northern Mexico, killing at least 37 people, including three reporters who came to the scene, state and federal officials said.

No foul play was suspected, sources said, saying it was merely an accident.

Soldiers, police, emergency officials, nearby residents and reporters were on the scene Sunday night when the a fire broke out and the truck filled with explosives went off, according to Luis Horacio de Hoyos of the Coahuila state Attorney General's Office.

The explosion occurred near the town of Sacramento.

Maximo Alberto Neri Lopez, a federal police official, said 37 people were killed and 150 were injured. He said the explosion left a 10-by-40 foot crater in the concrete.

De Hoyos said three newspaper reporters from the city of Monclova were among the dead.