At least 23 killed as Mexico City metro overpass collapses 2 minutes read
Mexico City, May 4 (EFE).- At least 23 people have been killed and 49 hospitalized after a Mexico City metro overpass collapsed, causing two subway wagons to drop down onto a busy road late Monday.
Local residents took to social media to criticize authorities, saying they had repeatedly warned about structural issues at the overpass on Line 12, between the stations of Olivos and Tezoncos, following the large earthquake that hit the Mexican capital in September 2017.
“Unfortunately, what happened was a beam collapsed when a train passed over it, all investigations will be conducted to find out what caused this accident,” Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum told the press at the scene of the accident.
We lost contact with her at 10:50 p.m., there was literally no more contact, López said.
An aerial view shows rescue workers at the site of a metro train accident after an overpass for a metro partially collapsed in Mexico City on May 3, 2021. PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images
Adrián Loa Martínez, 46, said that his mother called him to tell him that his half-brother and sister-in-law were driving when the overpass collapsed and that beam fell onto their car.
He said that his sister-in-law was rescued and sent to a hospital, but that his half-brother José Juan Galindo was crushed and he feared he was dead. He is down there now, he told journalists pointing toward the site.
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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.
Rescue workers were still removing bodies from the scene hours after the collapse, but those efforts were suspended early Tuesday because of safety concerns for those working near the precariously dangling car.
The injured are carried by stretcher after a raised subway track collapsed in Mexico City.
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Rescue workers remove a body from a train carriage after an elevated Metro line collapsed in Mexico City.
Deadly Mexico City metro collapse
By E. Eduardo Castillo article
TOPSHOT - A general view shows the site of a train accident after an elevated metro line collapsed in Mexico City on May 4, 2021. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)
NEW YORK - An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. Rescuers searched a car left dangling from the overpass for hours for anyone who might be trapped.
Those efforts were suspended early Tuesday, however, because of safety concerns for those working near the precariously dangling car. A crane was brought in to help shore it up.