US EditionAt least 13 people dead after train derails in Mexico
The derailment on the Interoceanic route left 13 dead and 98 injured, with 36 hospitalized, prompting a federal investigation into the cause near a curve in Oaxaca.
- On Sunday, the Interoceanic Train derailed in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, going off the rails while rounding a curve near Nizanda and partially tilting over a cliff.
- The Interoceanic Train, inaugurated in 2023 as part of the Interoceanic Corridor project, links Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos and is operated by Mexico's Navy.
- At least 13 people were killed and 98 injured, including 36 needing hospital care, while images showed one carriage on its side and another separated from the tracks.
- Mexico's Attorney General's Office opened an investigation, President Claudia Sheinbaum directed the Secretary of the Navy and senior officials to assist families, while the Ministry of Interior coordinates the response and naval and rescue personnel face difficult site access.
- The derailment touches a high-profile Interoceanic Corridor project intended to boost trade and development, with the Salina Cruz–Coatzacoalcos route covering about 180 miles.
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In Mexico, a train with about 250 people is derailed on board. According to the Navy, at least 13 people have been killed and nearly 100 more injured. The cause of the disaster is still unclear.[more]]>
The train departed from Salina Cruz, on the Pacific coast, and was to reach Coatzacoalcos, in the state of Veracruz, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.
At least 13 people died and 98 were injured, 36 of them hospitalized and five seriously, due to the derailment of the Transístmic train, part of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Tehuantepec Isthmus (CIIT), in southern Mexico, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, reported on Sunday the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar). “Derivated from this accident 139 people are out of danger, 98 injured, of whom 36 are receiving hospital medical care …
At least 13 people dead after train derails in southern Mexico
At least 13 people have died and 98 were injured after a train derailed in Mexico on Sunday (Monday AEDT).There were 250 people on board the train when it derailed in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, on the train's main line between Veracruz and Salina Cruz.In a statement, the navy said that 36 people required hospital care and the rest sustained minor injuries. Hundreds of naval personnel and rescue vehicles have been sent to the scene, it said.REA…
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