A route taxi struck two women Monday afternoon at the intersection of Calle Río Colorado and Boulevard Cuauhtémoc Sur in Tijuana’s Revolución neighborhood, sending both to the ground with arm and leg injuries.
Red Cross paramedics and Bomberos responded to the scene and assessed the victims, ages 22 and 44, as out of danger. Neither woman required hospital transport.
Driver Remained at the Scene
The white taxi operated the Santa Fe-DAX route out of Calle Tercera in Tijuana’s Centro district. The driver stayed at the scene and waited for his insurance company to arrive.
Officers from the Municipal Police traffic division secured the area and launched an investigation to determine who was at fault. The peritaje, or official crash inspection, was conducted on site.
Cuauhtémoc Boulevard Sees Repeated Taxi Incidents
Boulevard Cuauhtémoc is one of Tijuana’s main north-south arteries, running from the city’s downtown core toward the airport. The road is also known locally as Carretera Aeropuerto. It carries heavy volumes of private vehicles, route taxis, and buses throughout the day, and pedestrian crossings along its length are often unmarked or lack traffic signals.
Monday’s crash was not an isolated event on the corridor. In April, a free taxi crashed into a home’s perimeter wall on Boulevard Cuauhtémoc near the intersection of Calle 16 and Luis Moya in Colonia Libertad. The driver in that case fled the scene and was suspected of being intoxicated. On the same day as Monday’s pedestrian crash, a separate taxi accident on Boulevard 2000 injured a female passenger and the driver after the vehicle slammed into a light pole.
Route taxis in Tijuana operate on fixed corridors, picking up and dropping off passengers along their designated paths. They are a primary form of public transit in the city and share lanes with pedestrians, cyclists, and private cars on roads that often lack dedicated bus pullouts or protected crosswalks.
The incident was first reported by Punto Norte and confirmed by Tijuana en Línea.