Published Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:46AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:55PM EDT
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City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway. Monday night s accident was one of the deadliest in the history of the subway, and questions quickly arose about the structural integrity of the mass transit system, among the world s busiest. Another 27 people remained hospitalized of the more than 70 injured when the support beams collapsed about 10:30 p.m. as a train passed along the elevated section, said Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. On Tuesday, a crane carefully lowered a train car containing four bodies to the ground.
23 dead and dozens injured as metro overpass collapses in Mexico City A section of the subway passing over a road in southern Mexico City collapsed on May 3 2021, dropping a subway train, trapping cars and causing at least 50 injuries and several deaths, authorities have said. Picture by Marco Ugarte, AP Associated Press reporter 04 May, 2021 13:20
An elevated section of the Mexico City metro has collapsed and sent a subway carriage plunging towards a busy road, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said.
Rescuers searched a carriage left dangling from the overpass for hours for anyone who might be trapped, but the effort was suspended early today because of safety concerns. A crane was brought in to help shore it up.
Published Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:46AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, May 4, 2021 9:41AM EDT MEXICO CITY An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent the train plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring at least 79, city officials said. Rescuers found four bodies trapped inside a rail car that was dangling from the overpass but were unable to remove them. It was not clear if those dead were included among the 23. A crane was brought in Tuesday to lower the car down. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said one of the concrete beams collapsed as a subway train passed over it in one of the deadliest episodes in the history of the city s subway system, which is among the busiest in the world.
An elevated section of the Mexico City metro has collapsed and sent a subway carriage plunging towards a busy road, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said.
Rescuers searched a carriage left dangling from the overpass for hours for anyone who might be trapped, but the effort was suspended early on Tuesday because of safety concerns. A crane was brought in to help shore it up.
“We don’t know if they are alive,” city mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said of the people possibly trapped inside the carriage following one of the deadliest accidents to hit the subway system, which is among the busiest in the world.