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Hundreds of police officers and firefighters cordoned off the scene as desperate friends and relatives of people believed to be on the train gathered. In October 1975, at least 26 people were killed in a metro accident. In 2015, a train that did not stop on time crashed into another at the Oceania station, injuring 12. The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway. In March 2020, a collision between two trains at the Tacubaya station left one passenger dead and injured 41. MEXICO CITY > The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 today as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a. The Mexico City Metro – which is among the world’s cheapest with tickets costing about 25 cents – has had at least three serious accidents since its inauguration half a century ago. The overpass was about 16 feet above the road in the borough of Tlahuac, but the train ran above a concrete median strip, which apparently lessened the casualties among motorists. “The cause of the collapse of the beam must be established through an expert investigation,” Sheinbaum said. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MEXICO CITY (AP) The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway. Ebrard was Mexico City’s mayor from 2006 to 2012, when the affected line was built. By FABIOLA SNCHEZ MEXICO CITY (AP) The death toll from the collapse of an overpass on the Mexico City metro rose to 24 Tuesday as crews untangled train carriages from the steel and concrete wreckage that fell onto a roadway. An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed, sending a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. The elevated section of the metro collapsed late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring at least 79, city officials said. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard called the collapse “the most terrible accident we have ever had in mass transportation”. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.