Two metro trains collided in a Mexico City tunnel Saturday, killing one person and injuring 57, authorities in the megacity of 20 million reported.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico —
An injured woman is taken out the Indios Verdes metro station after two trains collided in Mexico City on January 7, 2023. At least one person died and 10 injured left this Saturday a collision between two trains of the Mexico City Metro, a megacity of about 20 million inhabitants, local authorities reported. CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP
Television footage showed injured passengers being treated in ambulances following the crash, which occurred on the north-south Metro Line Three. “There are 57 injured people, some with minor injuries, who in any event went to the hospital, and unfortunately one death,” Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said in a brief statement from the scene of the accident.
The train conductor was the most seriously injured person in the collision, which occurred between the Potrero and La Raza stations, she said.Authorities estimate it moved a total of 837 million passengers in 2021.In the most serious of several failures, a metro bridge collapsed in May 2021, killing 26 people and injuring dozens.
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