"MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Officials said a train accident in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, halting traffic along a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico. The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails Sunday as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda."
""The Mexican Navy has informed me that, tragically, 13 people died in the Interoceanic Train accident," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posted on X, adding that 98 people are injured, five of them seriously. She said she instructed the secretary of the navy and the undersecretary of human rights of the Ministry of the Interior to travel to the site and personally assist the families."
"Officials said that 241 passengers and nine crew members were on the train when the accident occurred. The Interoceanic Train was inaugurated in 2023 by then President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The rail service is part of a broader push to boost train travel in southern Mexico, and develop infrastructure along the isthmus of Tehuantepec, a narrow stretch of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico."
A derailment of the Interoceanic Train near Nizanda in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured 98, five of them seriously. Officials reported 241 passengers and nine crew members were on board when the train went off the rails rounding a curve. President Claudia Sheinbaum said the Mexican Navy confirmed the deaths and that she sent navy and Interior Ministry human rights officials to assist families. Oaxaca state agencies reached the site to aid the injured. The Interoceanic Train opened in 2023 and runs about 180 miles from Salina Cruz to Coatzacoalcos as part of plans to develop the Tehuantepec isthmus into a strategic trade corridor connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
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