The authorities are investigating the causes of what happened. Local media report that children are among the dead, although the identity of the victims is still unknown.
The flames consumed a good part of the two vehicles, but the trailer that pulled the cargo trailer was not found at the scene, which has raised suspicions that the driver may have uncoupled it to flee the scene.Similar crashes in Mexico in the past, in which large numbers of people have died, have been determined to be due to overloaded vehicles linked to migrant smuggling.