{"id":524419,"date":"2026-09-30T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=524419"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:52:15","slug":"video-crane-crashes-into-barrier-and-catches-fire-in-mexico-leaving-five-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/video-crane-crashes-into-barrier-and-catches-fire-in-mexico-leaving-five-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Crane crashes into barrier and catches fire in Mexico, leaving five injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dramatic video captured the moment a crane lost control, slammed into a concrete barrier and caught fire on Mexico\u2019s Arco Norte highway, near the uphill curve toward Ajoloapan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minutes earlier, another crash had been reported in the area. After encountering vehicles stopped on the roadway, the crane operator tried to maneuver around them but lost control, triggering a second collision involving multiple vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage shows a man near the scene jumping over the concrete barrier moments before the crash to get out of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident involved nine vehicles and left five people injured, according to reports available so far. No fatalities have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire incident unfolded within seconds, as a situation already complicated by the first crash turned into a second emergency on the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Quedo captado en video este impactante choque en el Arco Norte cuando una gr\u00faa perdi\u00f3 el control, choc\u00f3 y se incendi\u00f3 en la curva de ascenso a la altura de <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Ajoloapan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ajoloapan<\/a> por intentar esquivar otro choque entre tres veh\u00edculos. Un hombre alcanza a brincar el muro de contenci\u00f3n para\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9wqdgkJD6y\">pic.twitter.com\/9wqdgkJD6y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hiram Hurtado (@ehiramhurtado) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ehiramhurtado\/status\/2105026946232995936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dramatic video captured the moment a crane lost control, slammed into a concrete barrier and caught fire on Mexico\u2019s Arco Norte highway, near the uphill curve toward Ajoloapan. Minutes earlier, another crash had been reported in the area. After encountering vehicles stopped on the roadway, the crane operator tried to maneuver around them but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":524420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-524419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2cqn","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-30-125108.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-30-125108.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}