![]() ![]() Please click here for another report on this accident in today’s news. RT&S will continue to follow and report on this story. There has to be a deep investigation, and whoever is responsible has to be held responsible.” Video on social media showed the moment when the overpass suddenly plummeted onto a stream of cars near the Olivos station. MEXICO CITY The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a. local time Monday as a train passed along the elevated section, said Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. She also said “At this moment, we can’t speculate about what happened. Some 79 people were injured, including three children, authorities said. Another 77 people were injured when the support beams collapsed about 10:30 p.m. Mayor Sheinbaum said that the subway line and the avenue on which the train landed will be closed until further notice. Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the crash was “sad news.” He added that “We send our condolences to the families of the victims of this accident.” One resident said that the cracks had been repaired, but he didn’t know anything about the extent of the repairs. Then, a major earthquake hit Mexico City in 2017, causing cracks in the concrete structure of the overpass. However, there were allegations of poor construction methods shortly after it opened. The Times reports that this elevated subway bridge was relatively new, having been completed in 2012. ![]() Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s mayor, reported that those who died included children. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard called the collapse the most terrible accident we have ever had in mass transportation. The death toll was at least 23 and over 70 were injured, according The New York Times. Yesterday, at 10:22 p.m., a bridge supporting a moving Mexico City subway train collapsed, causing the train to dive on to the ground below. Rescue workers try to pull out survivors of the rail overpass collapse in Mexico City.ĭeath and injury resulted from a subway bridge collapse in Mexico City. ![]()
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