{"id":374403,"date":"2025-12-29T04:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374403\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T04:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:13:10","slug":"mexico-train-crash-kills-13-and-injures-almost-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/374403\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766766610_22_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/94162e00-e455-11f0-a005-9d774466ced9.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"AFP via Getty Images Rescue crews at the site of the train derailment of the Oaxaca\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The train derailed while rounding a bend near the town of Nizanda, Oaxaca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">At least 13 people died and almost 100 were injured after a train derailed in Mexico&#8217;s south-western Oaxaca region, the Mexican navy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The train, which was travelling between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, was carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A total of 98 were injured, of whom 36 were being treated in hospital, the navy said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The train derailed as it rounded a bend near the town of Nizanda, officials said. Mexico&#8217;s Attorney General confirmed an investigation was under way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said five of those injured were in a serious condition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">She said top level officials, including the Secretary of the Navy, were travelling to the site of the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Photos from the site of the crash showed rescue workers helping passengers alight the train, which had fallen off the rail tracks and partly tilted over the side of a cliff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Interoceanic train, which connects the Pacific port of Salina Cruz with Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf Coast, had two locomotives and four passenger cars, the navy said. Mexico&#8217;s navy operates the country&#8217;s railway network.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766766610_22_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/513d63e0-e45b-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A map showing Nizanda in southern Mexico\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Governor of Oaxaca Salom\u00f3n Jara Cruz expressed &#8220;deep regret&#8221; over the accident in a statement and said state authorities were coordinating with federal agencies to assist those affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Interoceanic rail link was inaugurated two years ago to boost the region&#8217;s economy, an initiative spearheaded by former president Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Designed to modernise the rail link across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Mexican government has sought to develop the area into a strategic trade corridor, expanding ports, railways and industrial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The train service is also part of a broader push to expand passenger and freight rail in southern Mexico and stimulate economic development in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFP via Getty Images The train derailed while rounding a bend near the town of Nizanda, Oaxaca. 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