A freight train operated by Canadian Pacific Kansas City de Mexico collided on Monday with a double-decker passenger bus, operated by the Herradura de Plata company, in the industrial Atlacomulco municipality, approximately 80 miles northwest of Mexico City.

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A freight train operated by Canadian Pacific Kansas City de Mexico collided on Monday with a double-decker passenger bus, operated by the Herradura de Plata company, in the industrial Atlacomulco municipality, approximately 80 miles northwest of Mexico City.

The collision resulted in 10 fatalities, including seven women and three men, and injured between 41 and 61 people according to varying official reports, with some victims in severe condition requiring airlift to medical facilities.

New York Post

The collision resulted in 10 fatalities, including seven women and three men, and injured between 41 and 61 people according to varying official reports, with some victims in severe condition requiring airlift to medical facilities.

Surveillance footage showed the bus, which had only traveled nine miles at that point, moving slowly through heavy traffic across railroad tracks when the fast-moving freight train struck the vehicle's passenger side, tearing the bus apart and dragging it down the tracks.

Daily Mail

Surveillance footage showed the bus, which had only traveled nine miles at that point, moving slowly through heavy traffic across railroad tracks when the fast-moving freight train struck the vehicle's passenger side, tearing the bus apart and dragging it down the tracks.

The railroad crossing lacked visible crossing gates, barriers or traffic signals, with only a stop sign present to regulate vehicle passage, according to witness accounts and video evidence from the scene.

The New York Times

The railroad crossing lacked visible crossing gates, barriers or traffic signals, with only a stop sign present to regulate vehicle passage, according to witness accounts and video evidence from the scene.

The bus was carrying approximately 55 passengers, mostly construction and domestic workers traveling from San Felipe del Progreso to Mexico City for work after spending the weekend with their families in surrounding communities.</span

The bus was carrying approximately 55 passengers, mostly construction and domestic workers traveling from San Felipe del Progreso to Mexico City for work after spending the weekend with their families in surrounding communities.

Train-vehicle collisions in Mexico have increased from 602 incidents in 2020 to 800 in 2024, with grade-level crossing accidents being the most common type of railway accident, according to federal transportation regulators.

Train-vehicle collisions in Mexico have increased from 602 incidents in 2020 to 800 in 2024, with grade-level crossing accidents being the most common type of railway accident, according to federal transportation regulators.

Train Crashes Into Bus in Mexico, Killing 10 and Injuring Over 60

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