13 dead, 70 injured in Mexico City metro COLLAPSE
More than a dozen people died and around 70 were injured after a portion of an elevated rail in a southern suburb of Mexico City collapsed on the ground, causing a passing train to derail and crash at Olivos station.
Early unofficial reports from the scene spoke of at least 50 people injured, after the metro train fell from the collapsing section of Line 12 on Monday evening, shortly before 11 pm local time.
PRECAUCIÓN: Ambulancias y bomberos en camino por accidente en la estación del metro Olivos, lÃnea 12. 🚑⚠️🚒🚨 pic.twitter.com/UFkcB1llju
— SUUMA Voluntarios 🚑 (@SUUMA_CDMX) May 4, 2021
Newspaper El Universal reported six dead and 80 injured, citing emergency services responding to the scene. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum also came to the station. By midnight local time, Mexico City emergency authorities spoke of 13 dead and 70 injured.
Photos from the site show the train cars hanging above the crumbled supports, as rescue teams try to evacuated any passengers that may have been on board.
#ULTIMAHORA
— @diario24horas (@diario24horas) May 4, 2021
Asà el colapso en el #MetroCDMX en la estación Olivos de la LÃnea 12 cuando pasaba el tren, en Tláhuac.https://t.co/1aNtU3N8P8 pic.twitter.com/0bSmBDGu4Q
About two dozen ambulances responded to the scene.
Preliminary reports said that the elevated rail collapsed when a vehicle struck one of the support pillars at street level. The train broke in two as it plummeted to the ground below.
Line 12 is the newest line of the Mexico City metro, inaugurated in 2012. It runs south-southwest of the Mexican capital, which has an estimated population of 9.2 million.
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May 03, 2021 at 07:14PM
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