Survivors climb out of train wreckage after derailment in Mexico leaves 13 dead
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At least 13 people have died and almost 100 people are injured after a train came off the tracks in Mexico.
One of the country’s Interoceanic Train’s derailed between the towns of Chivela and Nizanda in the southern Oaxaca state on Sunday.
Some 250 people were on board, with many forced to climb out of the wreckage of the flipped-over train.
The Mexican Navy, which operates the railway line, launched an extensive search and rescue operation to save passengers, deploying 360 personnel, 20 vehicles, three air ambulances and one tactical drone.
A compartment is overturned at the site of a train derailment on the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Picture: via REUTERS)
Authorities confirmed that 139 people are out of danger, while 93 were injured, including 36 receiving medical assistance.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said five people are seriously injured are being treated in hospital.
The country’s attorney general said an investigation has already been opened into the derailment.
The Mexican Navy expressed their condolences to the families of those ‘who lost their lives in this tragic accident’.
Former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador launched the interoceanic train in 2023.
360 personnel were involved in rescue operations (Picture: Rusvel RASGADO / AFP via Getty Images)
The project is part of efforts to modernise rail links across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec – a 180 miles (290km) stretch between the Pacific coast and the Gulf Coast in southern Mexico.
The government is looking to develop the land into a valuable trade corridor by expanding ports, railways and industrial infrastructure.
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