Six-Vehicle Pileup on Cancún’s Nichupté Avenue Leaves at Least 17 Injured

Cancún, Quintana Roo — A six-vehicle pileup on Avenida Nichupté left at least 17 people injured Thursday morning, according to preliminary reports.

The crash occurred near the intersection with Avenida Kabah and prompted a large-scale emergency response.

According to initial reports, a pickup truck allegedly driven by an elderly man rear-ended a public transit van operating on the Nichupté-Plaza Américas route. The force of the impact pushed the van into several vehicles ahead of it, triggering a chain-reaction collision involving six vehicles in total.

Photos from the scene show the front of the van completely destroyed, while several private vehicles sustained significant damage. Debris, bumpers and broken glass were scattered across the roadway.

Most of the injured were passengers in the van. Paramedics from multiple agencies treated the victims, some of whom had bruises and contusions. Several were immobilized on stretchers and taken to hospitals for medical care.

Firefighters, civil protection personnel, municipal transit officers and multiple ambulances responded to the scene to stabilize the injured and transport them to different medical facilities.

Transit investigators began procedures to determine responsibility for the crash.