A freight prepare slammed right into a double-decker bus in Mexico early Monday, killing no less than 10 folks and injuring greater than 40 others, authorities stated.
The crash came about in an industrial space of warehouses and factories within the city of Atlacomulco, about 80 miles northwest of Mexico Metropolis.
The state of Mexico’s civil protection company stated through X that authorities have been nonetheless working on the web site of the crash. The state prosecutor’s workplace stated it had opened an investigation.
The company stated 10 folks have been killed and 41 have been injured. Native media experiences stated the injured have been taken to hospitals all through the state.
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The bus from the Herradura de Plata line was ripped aside by the collision. The corporate didn’t instantly reply to The Related Press’ request for remark.
Canadian Pacific Kansas Metropolis of Mexico, the prepare line, confirmed the accident and despatched its condolences to the households of the victims. The Calgary, Canada-based firm stated its personnel was on web site and cooperating with authorities.
Metropolis officers in Atlacomulco requested residents to chorus from going to the positioning of the collision and provided their condolences to the households of the victims who died.
“We categorical our honest solidarity to the households affected at the moment,” a assertion posted on social media learn.
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Authorities didn’t instantly give particulars about how the accident occurred. One video circulated on social media platforms confirmed the bus in heavy visitors slowly shifting throughout the prepare tracks when the fast-moving prepare all of a sudden appeared out of body, ramming the bus at its midpoint. The prepare’s momentum carried the bus down the tracks and out of body.
There have been no seen crossing gates or different indicators. Simply earlier than the crash, automobiles might be seen crossing the tracks as visitors superior.
Automobiles going within the different path stopped crossing the tracks on the time the bus drove onto them, although a motorbike scooted throughout seconds earlier than the crash. The prepare hit the passenger facet of the bus.
One other video confirmed the bus at relaxation to the facet of the tracks. The roof of the bus was gone, and folks might be seen shifting on the highest stage because the prepare slowed to a cease.
A girl might be heard crying, “Assist me, assist me.”
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In accordance with the newest report from Mexico’s Rail Transportation Regulating Company, revealed in September, accidents at grade-level crossings are the commonest and have been on an upward development in recent times.
Final yr, there have been 800 in comparison with 602 in 2020, the report stated. The doc didn’t embody what number of victims have been concerned within the accidents.
Final month, six folks died when a prepare hit a number of automobiles in Guanajuato state. In 2019, 9 folks have been killed when a freight prepare struck a passenger bus crossing the tracks within the central state of Queretaro.
