MEXICO: MAN DRIVES VEHICLE INTO CROWD OF SMALL CHILDREN IN APPARENT ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

Record ID: 917199

  • Title: MEXICO: MAN DRIVES VEHICLE INTO CROWD OF SMALL CHILDREN IN APPARENT ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
  • Date: 8th May 2002
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (MAY 06, 2002) (REUTERS) SLV EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL WHERE INJURED CHILDREN WERE TAKEN SLV FAMILY MEMBERS GATHERED; SCU MOTHER OF INJURED GIRL CRYING; SCU FATHER OF INJURED GIRL HOLDING UP HER IDENTIFICATION CARD; SCU INJURED GIRL'S IDENTIFICATION CARD (4 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LUCIA JIMENEZ, MOTHER OF INJURED GIRL, SAYI
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2005 21:08
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  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA4N5ZB4X9RN8RACBZCKQCG6PQ4
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Two children have been killed in an apparent fit of
    road rage in a Mexico City suburb after a man drove his
    vehicle into a crowd of students during a flag ceremony.

    Two children were killed and another 16 were injured
    on Monday (May 6, 2002) after a man drove his pick up truck through
    a school district in a Mexico City suburb in an apparent fit
    of road rage.

    According to witnesses, the driver, Jose Luis Nieto Avila, lives
    next to the Gabriela Mistral school and had ongoing battles with
    the institution regarding traffic delays during school functions.

    An unidentified woman was filming the school function
    when Avila drove through the grounds, running over a number of
    children between the ages of three and five. Two adults were
    also injured.

    "You went over the line this time. I hope that now you
    are finally put to justice. How you laughed at all of us and
    now, you are behind bars," one mother yelled at Avila after
    he was taken into custody.

    Lucia Jimenez, whose daughter was injured in the incident
    said that Avila had problems with the school's director and
    had driven his car straight at her.

    According to doctors, Avila was not intoxicated at the time
    of the incident.
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