Ten dead after freight train smashes into bus making last-second crossing

Ten people have died after a freight train smashed into a bus at a crossing in Mexico.

The crash happened in the town of Atlacomulco, about 80miles (130km) north west of Mexico City, on Monday.

The bus, which was running from San Felipe del Progreso to Mexico City, was dragged along the track for hundreds of metres while the freight train tried to come to a stop.

A huge part of the bus roof was ripped off in the collision, and emergency services spent hours at the scene trying to pull casualties from the crumpled wreckage.

A woman could be heard crying ‘help me, help me’ from the wrecked bus.

Of the dead, seven were women and three were men. Another 61 passengers were injured.

CCTV footage captured the moment of impact at the crossing, which did not appear to have any crossing barriers or other warning signals.

At first the bus was seen waiting at the front of a lengthy queue of traffic at the crossing – but the driver seems to change their mind and try to make it across before the train passes.

Cars going in the other direction stopped crossing at the time the bus drove onto them, though a motorcycle scooted across seconds before the crash.

The freight train then smashed into the double decker bus as it reached the middle of the tracks.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City of Mexico, the train line, sent its condolences to the families of the victims and said its personnel were on site and co-operating with authorities.

Atlacomulco city officials also offered their condolences and asked locals to stay away from the collision site.

State prosecutors say they have opened an investigation into the crash.

Last week, more than a dozen people were killed after a tourist bus plummeted 1,000ft off a mountain in Sri Lanka.

Tourists were reportedly travelling back from a tea plantation visit when the bus smashed through the barrier and down the mountain.

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