© Reuters / Luis CortesRescuers work at a site where an overpass for a metro train partially collapsed, in Mexico City, Mexico, May 3, 2021.
The number of fatalities in the rail overpass disaster has climbed to 23, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said, adding that some minors were among those killed. The city's civil protection agency reported that around 79 were injured.
A short CCTV video published by Milenio TV channel shows a section of an overpass suddenly collapsing on a road packed with vehicles.
Photos from the site show the train cars hanging above the crumbled supports, as rescue teams try to evacuated any passengers that may have been on board.
About two dozen ambulances attended the scene.
Preliminary reports said that the elevated rail collapsed when a vehicle struck one of the support pillars at street level. The train broke in two as it plummeted to the ground below.
Line 12 is the newest line of the Mexico City metro, inaugurated in 2012. It runs south-southwest of the Mexican capital, which has an estimated population of 9.2 million.
El Universal newspaper reported that locals voiced fears over the structure's safety four years ago, when pillars on Line 12 were damaged by an earthquake. Transportation officials said in 2017 that they quickly repaired the overpass after detecting cracks and other damage.
If you really want to make us angry why don't you just say everyone was black!? 23 black lives would really make everyone angry. Then they can accuse trains of being racist. Fuck it, just say the driver was white and he killed 23 black passengers, some of 'em kids. That should do the trick.
I don't understand why MSM feels the duty of pumping as much pain and suffering as possible out of anything and everything.