![]() Florencia Serrania, Mexico City Metro Director stated: "I consider that I will collaborate with the attorney general to know what was the cause of this structural failure, and I think that's what we all want, get to the bottom of this".Īuthorities will employ an international company specialized in subway incidents as an external investigator. The operation was halted after a crane was sent to the scene to stabilize the hanging carriages due to fears of potential collapse into the road below.Ī thorough investigation on the causes of the collapse will soon be launched. Officials initiated a rescue operation through the night with many injured being hospitalized. According to witnesses, one passenger managed to break a window enabling others to escape. People gathered around the debris with many friends and relatives of those trapped arriving at the site. The train remained partially hanging over the road (at a V-shape) with many victims being trapped into the carriages. The structure suddenly collapsed as a train was passing over it and impacted a roadway below causing severe damage, injuring more than 70 people and killing at least 24. A victim that survived stated that many people went flying and impacted with the train's ceiling once the bridge gave way. ![]() During 2019, the system carried more than 1.65 billion passengers. The subway system of Mexico City is one of the busiest in North America with only that of New York's carrying more passengers daily. ![]() The incident occurred on May 3, 2021, at about 10:30 pm (local time) near Mexico City's Olivos station on a recently constructed subway line. At least 24 people have died after a subway overpassed collapsed in Mexico City. ![]()
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