MEXICO CITY — A trailer truck rounding a curve on the Pan-American Highway in Guatemala crashed into a nighttime crowd that had gathered on Wednesday around the victim of an earlier fatal traffic accident. The truck crash killed at least 18 people, fire officials said. Initial reports put the death toll higher, at 32, but Cecilio Chacaj, a spokesman for the volunteer firefighters, told local news media outlets that 18 bodies had been recovered. The accident took place in the town of Nahualá, in the province of Sololá, around 95 miles west of Guatemala City. By midnight, local funeral homes had begun delivering coffins to relatives at the accident site.

Source: New York Times March 28, 2019 05:32 UTC