When she heard what happened, she immediately feared the worst but has gotten no information from the authorities. She said he always takes that train after work, but he never got home and had stopped answering his phone. Gisela Rioja Castro, 43, was looking for her 42-year-old husband, Miguel Ángel Espinoza. “He is down there now,” he told journalists, pointing to the site. He said that his sister-in-law was sent to a hospital, but that his half brother José Juan Galindo was crushed and he feared he was dead. Despite the fact that the coronavirus situation remains serious in Mexico City, they crowded together waiting for news.Īdrián Loa Martínez, 46, said his mother called him to tell him that his half-brother and sister-in-law were driving when the overpass collapsed and that a beam fell onto their car. Hundreds of police officers and firefighters cordoned off the scene as desperate friends and relatives of people believed to be on the train gathered. In October 1975, at least 26 people were killed in a metro accident.

In 2015, a train that did not stop on time crashed into another at the Oceania station, injuring 12. In March 2020, a collision between two trains at the Tacubaya station left one passenger dead and injured 41. The Mexico City Metro - which is among the world’s cheapest with tickets costing about 25 cents -has had at least three serious accidents since its inauguration half a century ago. The overpass was about 5 meters (16 feet) above the road in the borough of Tlahuac, but the train ran above a concrete median strip, which apparently lessened the casualties among motorists. She said 77 of the injured were hospitalized, adding that children were among the dead. “The cause of the collapse of the beam must be established through an expert investigation,” Sheinbaum said.Įarlier, she said someone had been pulled alive from a car on the road. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu

Mexico city overpass collapse