| Tanker Truck Crashes Into Teachers Protesting on Mexico Highway Associated Press | |
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A firefighter stands next a flipped over truck that was carrying tar on a highway just west of the state capital city of Morelia, Mexico, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Gustavo Aguado/Associated Press)
MORELIA, Mexico — A tanker truck carrying tar slammed into a highway toll booth that had been seized by protesting teachers Thursday, killing seven people and injuring 14, authorities in the western state of Michoacan said.
State prosecutors' spokesman Alejandro Arellano said the accident occurred on a highway west of the state capital, Morelia.
Most of the dead and injured were believed to be teachers whose union has been holding protests in the state but authorities hadn't confirmed their identities, Arellano said.
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