Car ploughs into cyclists

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Car ploughs into cyclists

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Shocking moment drunk driver ploughs into group of cyclists
03rd June 2008[/align]

A cyclist was killed and 10 others were injured yesterday when a car ploughed into a bike race in Mexico. The terrified sportsmen were hurled high into the air as a 28-year-old driver, apparently drunk and asleep at the wheel, crashed into the race near the US-Mexico border.

A photograph taken by a city official shows cyclists and equipment being thrown skywards like rag dolls by the collision. Police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez said Juan Campos was charged with killing Alejandro Alvarez, 37, of Monterrey. Authorities said the wreck happened 15 minutes into the 34km race on Sunday along a highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.

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I hope they dragged him from that car and battered him even more senseless.
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Words fail me.
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I heard this on the news this morning but didn't see the pictures. It's gut wrenching seeing that.
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Absolutely horrific. This is just terrible.

And I say that having been playing Grand Theft Auto today - apparently it didn't desensitise me because that picture is truly shocking.
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I used to go over to Mexico all the time when I lived in Texas and they drive like maniacs. I can totally see this happening. Tragic.
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