A prepare collided with a double-decker passenger bus in Mexico on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 41, an official at the Civil Protection of the State of Mexico mentioned.
The reason for the collision just isn’t but recognized however a video shared on social media and geolocated by NCS exhibits a freight prepare plowing right into a double-decker bus that was starting to cross the tracks in slow-moving site visitors. The roof of the bus was torn off because it was carried by the prepare down the tracks.
The crash occurred on a freeway in the Atlacomulco municipality, in accordance with state authorities.
The driver of the bus has been taken into custody, Civil Protection General Coordinator Adrián Hernández mentioned on Milenio TV.
Photos of the aftermath confirmed the entrance windshield on the roof of the bus shattered and practically flattened.
A video circulating on-line additionally confirmed people making an attempt to assist passengers evacuate from the roof.
NCS has reached out to the operator of the bus for remark.
A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Kansas City informed NCS that the prepare was operated by its subsidiary CPKC de Mexico, including that the corporate is working with officers in the response efforts and investigation.
“Our most sincere condolences go out to the families of the victims of this tragedy,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The Atlacomulco City Council mentioned the neighborhood was in mourning following the collision. “We express our most sincere solidarity with the affected families at this time,” it mentioned in an announcement, promising help.
Traffic is closed in each instructions to permit emergency providers to reply.