![]() “Then a guy in a white shirt with blood on his arms, his hands and chest came out and another guy came to help him here on the sidewalk, and he was there trembling,” he said. It was not clear whether a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in 2017 could have affected the subway line.Abelardo Sánchez, a 38-year-old cook, was just closing up his sandwich shop beside the metro line when he said the ground shook, a tremendous noise echoed, lights flickered and the air filled with dust and the smell of burning wires. “I repeat that I am entirely at the disposition of authorities to contribute in whatever way is necessary.” “Of course, the causes should be investigated and those responsible should be identified,” he wrote. The line had to be partly closed in 2013 so tracks could be repaired.Įbrard wrote on Twitter: “What happened today on the Metro is a terrible tragedy.” Allegations about poor design and construction on the subway line emerged soon after Ebrard left office as mayor. The collapse could represent a major blow for Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, who was Mexico City’s mayor from 2006 to 2012, when Line 12 was built. ![]() Like many of the city’s dozen subway lines, it runs underground through more central areas of the city of 9 million, but then runs on elevated concrete structures on the city’s outskirts. The collapse occurred on the newest of the Mexico City subway’s lines, Line 12, which stretches far into the city’s south side. When she heard what has happened, she immediately feared the worst but has gotten no information from the authorities. She said that her husband always take that train after finishing work at a store, but he never got home and had stopped answering his phone. Gisela Rioja Castro, 43, was looking for her husband, 42-year-old Miguel Ángel Espinoza. “He is down there now,” he told journalists pointing toward the site. He said that his sister-in-law was rescued and 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 as they waited for news.Īdrián Loa Martínez, 46, said that his mother called him to tell him that his half-brother and sister-in-law were driving when the overpass collapsed and that beam fell onto their car. Hundreds of police officers and firefighters cordoned off the scene Tuesday as desperate friends and relatives of people believed to be on the train gathered outside the security perimeter. In 2015, a train that did not stop on time crashed into another at the Oceania station, injuring 12. ![]() In March of last year, a collision between two trains at the Tacubaya station left one passenger dead and injured 41 people. ![]() The Mexico City Metro has had at least two serious accidents since its inauguration half a century ago. “A support beam gave way” just as the train passed over it, Sheinbaum said. ![]() 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 on the road below. “There are unfortunately children among the dead,” Sheinbaum said, without specifying how many. She said 49 of the injured were hospitalized, and that seven were in serious condition and undergoing surgery. “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.Įarlier Sheinbaum said someone had been pulled alive from a car that was trapped on the road below. A crane was brought in to help shore it up. Those efforts were suspended early Tuesday, however, because of safety concerns for those working near the precariously dangling car. ![]()
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