One person died and at least 41 were injured after the collision of two trains in the Mexico City subway on Tuesday night.
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The Metro Collective Transportation System reported that around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, “train No. 33 hit the train No. 38 on the Observatory direction track at Tacubaya station on Line 1”.
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Among the 41 injured are the two drivers. The deceased is only known to be male.
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The subway reported that 38 injured were transferred to the Durango Clinic and one to the Álvaro Obregón Hospital.
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#At the moment 9 CRM ambulances arrived #CDMX to the station of @MetroCDMX Tacubaya to attend and transfer injured by train crash. pic.twitter.com/sU0flPkSSO
& mdash; CDMX Red Cross (@CruzRoja_CDMX) March 11, 2020
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Emergency medical services such as ERUM, Red Cross, Fire and Civil Protection of Mexico City were presented at the scene of the accident.
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The head of government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed the preliminary balance of the dead and wounded and said that “all the necessary appraisals and investigations will be done.”
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“At this time the most important thing is the care of the injured. The hospitals of the City attending the emergency,” he said.
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We will be informing truthfully and all the necessary surveys and investigations will be done. At this time the most important thing is the attention to the injured. The hospitals of the City attending the emergency.
& mdash; Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) March 11, 2020
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In social networks users began to publish images and videos of the accident.
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Javier Montes de Oca, a young man who was traveling on one of the crashed trains, gave his testimony to the Milenio newspaper: “Upon arriving at the Observatory station, we heard that it was turned off and that the brake was released … the light went out, the lights went on. of emergence and I was sending messages (over the phone) when I realized that it began to slide backwards … there came a time when it was released and left, but the engine vibration was not felt, it was not on. against another (train). “
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What happened?
Javier Montes de Oca, a passenger who was aboard the @MetroCDMX He told my partner Alejandro González how the clash between two units occurred at Tacubaya station
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& mdash; Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) March 11, 2020
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