US EditionWoman dies from injuries in Mexico train derailment bringing death toll to 14
The derailment near Nizanda left 14 dead and over 100 injured as authorities investigate safety on the Interoceanic Train connecting Oaxaca and Veracruz.
- Thursday, a woman died from injuries sustained in last weekend's derailment, raising the death toll to 14.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday the cause is under investigation and officials are seeking ways to improve train line safety.
- There were 250 people on board when the train derailed near Nizanda, Oaxaca; more than 100 were injured and 36 remained hospitalized amid wreckage on a steep hillside and dense jungle.
- Mexico's Navy said via the social platform X that the woman had been receiving treatment after Sunday’s derailment but did not provide injury specifics or treatment location.
- Then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador inaugurated the Interoceanic Train as part of a government push, and cars plunged down a steep hillside into dense jungle.
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A 73-year-old woman died in hospital from her serious injuries.
The train was advancing along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec with a route that symbolized the railway reactivation of the south of the country. It was Sunday and on board 250 people were traveling from Oaxaca to Veracruz, when at 9.28 a.m. the convoy derailed on a curve. One of the cars fell down a ravine of more than six meters and another was semi-suspended. Almost a week later, the stories of the 14 people who lost their lives in the accident beg…
In Mexico, the number of deaths has risen to at least 14 due to a severe train accident in the south of the country.
The Ministry of the Navy of Mexico expressed its solidarity and condolences to the families of the deceased
73-Year-Old Woman Injured in Derailment of the Interoceanic Train Dies; Number of Deaths Rises to 14
A 73-year-old woman who had been injured by the derailment of the Interoceanic Train passed away on Thursday, January 1, the Navy Secretariat reported. “We express our solidarity and condolences to her relatives and loved ones. We remain in coordination with the competent authorities for comprehensive care,” she posted on her Twitter account. The woman, identified as Hilda Alcántara, was hospitalized in a high-speciality hospital of the IMSS-Ben…
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