Fear and anger among survivors of Mexico's bus accident: I thought it was going to explode'

"At the Atlacomulco General Hospital, only the murmurs of family members holding their breath and the shouts of the police announcing names through a megaphone can be heard. Jose Ramirez keeps his eyes on the door, waiting for his daughter Azucena's name to be called. On Monday morning, he dropped her off at the bus station in San Felipe del Progreso, in the State of Mexico, so the 22-year-old could take the 6:00 a.m. bus to her job as a domestic worker in Mexico City."

"About an hour later, his daughter managed to call him and tell him that the double-decker bus had been involved in an accident on the railroad tracks. When Ramirez arrived, he saw bodies lying next to the halted train, and the bus split in three. The accident left at least 10 passengers dead and another 45 injured."

"The driver had covered just a little over nine miles (15km) when he reached a freight railroad crossing in the Atlacomulco Industrial Zone, an area of warehouses and factories about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of the Mexican capital. The heavy traffic at that hour forced him to slow down before crossing. In an attempt to get to the other side before the train arrived, he decided to go ahead."

A double-decker bus carrying more than 55 mostly construction and domestic workers collided with a freight train at an unprotected railroad crossing near Atlacomulco. The collision split the bus and left at least 10 passengers dead and about 45 injured. The driver had slowed for heavy traffic and then attempted to cross before the train arrived; the intersection had only a stop sign without barriers or traffic lights and sightlines were obscured by a billboard and trees. Victims were taken to Atlacomulco General Hospital where relatives waited anxiously. The crash occurred on the Atlacomulco-Maravatio federal highway approximately 80 miles northwest of Mexico City.

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