23 people dead after Mexico City rail overpass collapses

In Mexico, at least 23 people including children were killed when a rail overpass collapsed in Mexico City.

 

According to media reports, an elevated section of metro track in Mexico City partially collapsed Monday night, bringing down rubble and some train carriages onto the road



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The city's Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection Agency said that around 70 more were also injured.

 

There were also children among the fatalities. This is the deadliest incident in decades in the city's metro system, one of the busiest in the world.