Mexico monster truck accident kills 8, including kids, injures 79


  • World
  • Sunday, 06 Oct 2013

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least eight people, including three children, were killed and 79 were wounded when a monster truck careened into a crowd at a show in northern Mexico, an official at the public prosecutor's office in the city of Chihuahua said on Sunday.

The incident late on Saturday afternoon took place at the El Rejon dam on the outskirts of the city, about 230 miles (370 km) south of Mexico's border with the United States.

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