At least there is 13 dead and 98 people injured after one Train crashed this Sunday in the state of Oaxaca, in the south Mexico. The transport with 250 people on board had left Salina Cruz on the Pacific coast and was on its way to Coatzacoalcos in the state of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico.
“As a result of this accident 139 people are out of danger and 98 are injured (…) and unfortunately 13 people lost their lives“The Mexican Navy, which operates the rail line, said in a statement.
In this way, the Navy added that it is in coordination with transportation authorities “Determining the causes of the events” and restore the operability of the railway line. At the same time, the country’s Attorney General’s Office announced that it had opened an investigation to find out the reasons for the accident.
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“Ministry officials of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Oaxaca, as well as expert and police personnel, are coordinating with federal and state authorities to carry out the respective investigations,” said Attorney General Ernestina Godoy on the social network X.
For her part, the president of the country, Claudia Sheinbaumclaimed that the injured were transferred to hospitals in the cities of Matías Romero, Salina Cruz, Juchitán and Ixtepec, all in Oaxaca.
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“I have given instructions to the Secretary of the Navy and the Undersecretary of State for Human Rights of the Department of the Interior to travel to the location and.” provide personal care to families” he added.
He also stated that the accident occurred “near Nizanda, Oaxaca” when “the Derailment of the main engine“of the train, consisting of “two locomotives and four wagons”.
The case comes on top of another accident on December 20, when a train on the same route in the southern state of Chiapas collided with a truck trying to overtake it, although that incident did not cause any fatalities.
This railway is one of the most important infrastructure projects of the former President’s administration Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (2018-2024), as part of a strategy to promote economic development in southeastern Mexico.
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