Mexico City metro collapse: 24 dead, dozens hurt as overpass, train cars fall onto road below
Mexico City metro collapse: What you need to know (NCD)
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ByMichelle Ewing and Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
MEXICO CITY — Dozens of people are dead and dozens more are hurt after a rail overpass carrying train cars collapsed onto the road below late Monday in Mexico City, multiple news outlets are reporting.
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel work to search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel work to search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Rescue workers gather at the site of a metro train accident after an overpass for a metro partially collapsed in Mexico City on May 3, 2021. (PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road The injured are carried by stretcher after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel work to search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel work to search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road Emergency personnel search for accident survivors after a raised subway track collapsed on May 3, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. The Line 12 accident happened between Olivos and Tezonco Metro stations. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
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