Fatal: The moment a car ploughs into a bike race near the US-Mexico border, killing one cyclist and injuring 10 others
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.
