PUEBLA, Mexico: A small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village on Friday, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens.
One witness said he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover after a stray firework landed on the truck in the village of Jesus Tepactepec in the middle of a march for the village's patron saint.
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