The Mexico City metro overpass has collapsed onto the road with multiple deaths reported and a massive number of injuries.
According to published reports, an overpass for Mexico City's metro partially collapsed with train cars on it, videos on Mexican television and social media showed, although it was not immediately clear the number of injuries and deaths.
Over a dozen dead and possibly dozens injured after a metro train cars collapsed from an overpass in Mexico City #MetroCDMX #CDMX
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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. “We don’t know if they are alive,” Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said of the people possibly trapped inside the car following one of the deadliest accidents in the city’s subway system, which is among the busiest in the world.
At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized when a railway overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night, crushing cars under fallen carriages and rubble.
Mexico City will seek an international structural expert to investigate the cause of a May 3 transit overpass collapse that left at least 24 people dead and dozens more injured. The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. along a section of Metro Line 12 just beyond the elevated Olivos station. According to eyewitness accounts, one of the structureâs concrete beams collapsed as a Metro train was crossing, sending rail cars plummeting approximately 16 ft onto an underlying highway. At a press conference May 4, Mexico City . . .
At least 20 people were killed and about 70 more injured when a metro overpass in Mexico City collapsed, sending a subway car plunging toward a busy road late Monday night, authorities said