Mexico City Metro Overpass Collapses Onto Road; At Least 23 Dead
MEXICO CITY (CBS NEWS) -- An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said 49 of the injured were hospitalized, and that seven were in serious condition and undergoing surgery.
Sheinbaum said a motorist had been pulled alive from a car that was trapped on the roadway below. Dozens of rescuers continued searching through wreckage from the collapsed, preformed concrete structure.
"There are unfortunately children among the dead," Sheinbaum said, without specifying how many.
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