FORMER beauty queen Samanta Villarreal Núñez has died in a horror car crash.
The beauty model was travelling in a pickup truck with her sister and a friend when the driver lost control and crashed into a ravine before bursting into flames.
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The driver lost control of the car and crashed into a ravine before bursting into flames
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Emergency rescuers and Red Cross paramedics arrived at the scene on Sunday (October 13) and managed to pull out the three people from the vehicle.
Villarreal Núñez was tragically pronounced dead while the other two were taken to a hospital in Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico.
The injured people are still being treated in the hospital, it is understood.
It is not clear who was driving the pickup truck at the time of the accident.
Some local news outlets reported her vehicle was being chased before the fatal accident.
Villarreal Núñez was elected “Reina de Turismo”, or “Tourism Queen”, of El Carmen municipality, Nuevo León state, in 2018.
According to her social media, she was from Sabinas Hidalgo but lived in Monterrey.
Alberto Roque, CEO of Reina Turismo Internacional, wrote on social media: “We join in prayer for the sorrow that has engulfed over the heartbreaking loss of Samanta Núñez, who proudly represented El Carmen in the 2018 Reina Turismo Nuevo León state pageant.
“There are no words for such pain. We send you a heartfelt embrace.”
The accident is reportedly under investigation.
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