Train accident in southern Mexico leaves at least 13 dead
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Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca. The Mexican Navy said the train, which derailed near the town of Nizanda,
Survivors and families of the victims of a deadly train crash in southern Mexico are demanding answers as the government vows to investigate what caused a train to derail on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico.
The train’s main line only came into service in 2023, under a new program aiming to create an alternative to the Panama Canal.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum deferred questions on Tuesday about the record of a passenger train that derailed over the weekend, killing 13 people and injuring 98 others, the latest in a series of accidents that have put pressure on her government to improve the safety of flagship projects.
Thirteen people were killed, and nearly 100 others were injured, after a train derailed in Mexico on Dec. 28. The train was carrying 250 people, including nine crew members, when it derailed in Oaxaca.
Upper Peninsula dam’s condition and regulatory trajectory “mirror” the failures that preceded the 2020 disaster, agency warns.
Eurostar — which runs passenger trains between London and Paris and other European destinations — blamed "overhead power supply issues in the Channel Tunnel" and a failure aboard a train operated by LeShuttle, which transports vehicles and their passengers between the ports of Calais, France, and Folkestone, England.
A train derailment in Todd County has closed a roadway. WEKT Radio reports that a train derailed near Kentucky 476 and Tress Shop Road in Trenton on Tuesday morning. Emergency officials told WEKT that at least 20 train cars derailed and the road is expected to be closed for an indefinite period.