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An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70. ....
We lost contact with her at 10:50 p.m., there was literally no more contact, López said. An aerial view shows rescue workers at the site of a metro train accident after an overpass for a metro partially collapsed in Mexico City on May 3, 2021. PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images Adrián 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. 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. He is down there now, he told journalists pointing toward the site. ....
Deadly Mexico City metro collapse By E. Eduardo Castillo article TOPSHOT - A general view shows the site of a train accident after an elevated metro line collapsed in Mexico City on May 4, 2021. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) NEW YORK - An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. Rescuers searched a car left dangling from the overpass for hours for anyone who might be trapped. Those efforts were suspended early Tuesday, however, because of safety concerns for those working near the precariously dangling car. A crane was brought in to help shore it up. ....
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road; 24 dead Train cars on an overpass in Mexico City crashed onto cars below when the overpass collapsed Monday night. Author: FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press Published: 11:33 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 6:27 PM CDT May 4, 2021 MEXICO CITY, Mexico The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway. Monday night s accident was one of the deadliest in the history of the subway, and questions quickly arose about the structural integrity of the mass transit system, among the world s busiest. ....
Image via AP Photo/Jose Ruiz This article was republished here with permission from The Associated Press, however it is no longer available to read on Snopes.com. MEXICO CITY (AP) An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. Rescuers initially searched a car left dangling from the overpass for anyone who might be trapped. Those efforts were suspended early Tuesday, however, because of safety concerns for those working near the precariously dangling car. A crane was… ....