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Witnesses at the scene recounted the event not through the sounds of impact, but through the terrifying silence that followed. In the immediate wake of the final crash, as the dust and debris settled over the multi-lane highway, the usual roar of internal combustion engines was replaced by an eerie, suffocating stillness. This void was eventually broken by the distant, rising wail of sirens as emergency units raced toward the epicenter of the destruction. The cause, according to preliminary reports, was a mechanical failure that remains a recurring nightmare on Mexico’s busiest routes: a heavy-duty trailer had suffered a total loss of braking capacity.
