At least one dead, dozens injured in Mexico City metro crash

Force of crash left one of the orange trains stuck on top of the other

Members of the emergency services are deployed outside a subway station after two trains collided in Mexico City, Mexico. Phopgraph: Mario Guzman / EPA
Members of the emergency services are deployed outside a subway station after two trains collided in Mexico City, Mexico. Phopgraph: Mario Guzman / EPA

At least one person was killed and 41 injured when two trains collided on Mexico City’s underground metro network late on Tuesday, local authorities said.

The force of the crash left one of the orange trains stuck on top of the other at Tacubaya metro station, television footage showed.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said emergency services had reported 41 injured and one dead in the accident in the west of the capital. –Reuters

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