At least 13 people have died and dozens more are being treated for their injuries after a train derailed in Mexico, authorities said.
The accident occurred on Sunday between the towns of Chivela and Nizanda in the southern state of Oaxaca, on a line that connects the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, reports the Telegraph.
About 250 people, including 241 passengers and nine crew members, were on board, according to details released by the Mexican Navy, which controls the route.
At least 13 people died, the navy said, with 98 injured - including 36 who needed hospital medical attention.
President Claudia Sheinbaum announced in a post on X that five of the injured are in critical condition.
During the extensive search and rescue operations, the navy said it had deployed a total of 360 personnel, 20 vehicles, four ground ambulances and three air ambulances.
An investigation into the incident has been opened, Attorney General Ernestina Godoy Ramos said in a social media post. /Telegraph/
