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Yesterday another major accident just south of the Tapatio hotel ( the downhill stretch) heading to Chapala. Double trailer lost brakes. Highway to Chapala, one of the most dangerous in the State The highway to Chapala has been listed as one of the most dangerous in Jalisco in the last year due to the spectacular accidents that have occurred on it. In addition to the mishap that occurred yesterday, just a month ago a crash took the lives of three people; on May 16, a 25-year-old man died after his car was pressed after hitting a personnel transport truck and, just a month earlier, on April 16, a woman died when the truck she was traveling in was embedded in a tree on the side of this road. The mishaps recorded in this five-year period claimed the lives of at least 29 people in the place where the mishap occurred, not knowing how many more could have died in hospitals. In addition to those mentioned, the SCT registered at least 70 injuries that required medical attention. https://www.informador.mx/Carretera-a-Chapala-Trailer-sin-frenos-mata-a-uno-y-lesiona-a-siete-l202207290001.html