(8 Sep 2025)
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Atlacomulco, Mexico – 08 September 2025
1. Various of authorities around remains of bus hit by freight train
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rebeca Miranda, Relative of Victims:
"My sister and her daughter-in-law were there. My sister left, she was able to move. She told me that she is already at the hospital. What we want now is information, that they give us information. What is going to happen to those who died, because the ones who are here are those who died, the others have already been taken to the hospital, so we can’t move from here."
3. Police guarding crash site
4. Various of authorities at crash site
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rebeca Miranda, Relative of Victims:
"They were domestic workers, they worked in houses. It’s really unfortunate. Why? To beat the train. Those are lives. And my sister, for example, survived."
6. Relatives waiting for information
7. Authorities at crash site
8. Various of relatives waiting for information
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rebeca Miranda, Relative of Victims:
"It is very unfortunate that they are not acting. This happened at approximately 6:30. What time is it now and they still haven’t told us what time they are going to pick them up. They just tell us it takes time, so what do we do?"
10. Various of crash site
11. Various of police trucks and ambulances at crash site
12. Crash site behind yellow tape
STORYLINE:
A freight train slammed into a double-decker bus at a crossing northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.
The accident happened in an industrial area of warehouses and factories in the town of Atlacomulco, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Mexico City.
The state of Mexico’s civil defense agency said via X that authorities were still working at the site of the accident and the state prosecutor’s office said it had opened an investigation.
The bus from the Herradura de Plata line was ripped apart by the collision.
The bus company did not immediately respond to a request for comment
The train line, Canadian Pacific Kansas City of Mexico, confirmed the accident and sent its condolences to the families of the victims.
The Calgary, Canada-based company said its personnel were on site and cooperating with authorities.
Authorities did not immediately give details about how the accident occurred, but one video circulated on social platforms showed the bus in heavy traffic slowly moving across the train tracks when the fast-moving train suddenly appeared out of frame, ramming the bus at its midpoint.
The train’s momentum carried the bus down the tracks and out of frame.
There were no visible crossing gates or other signals.
Just prior to the crash cars could be seen crossing the tracks as traffic advanced.
The train hit the passenger side of the bus.
Rebeca Miranda waited beside the tracks Monday for authorities to tell her what would happen with the victims’ bodies.
Her sister and her sister’s daughter-in-law were on the bus when it was hit around 6:30 a.m., she said.
Her sister was taken to the hospital and was able to speak, but the other woman died in the accident, Miranda said.
They were both domestic workers.
Miranda said she couldn’t be with her sister in the hospital because she needed to find out what would be done with the other woman’s body.
Miranda said the bus should not have been crossing the tracks just as the train was careening through the intersection. “It’s really unfortunate. Why? To beat the train. Those are lives.”
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