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Subway train collision in Mexico City kills 1, injures 57

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Two subway trains collided between two stations Saturday in Mexico City, killing at least one person and injuring 41, authorities said.
Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on her Twitter account that the accident happened on Line 3 of the capital’s Metro system, without specifying the cause of the crash between the Potrero and La Raza stations.
Sheinbaum said one person was killed and 16 were taken to hospitals for injuries. But officials later raised the number of injured to 41. Four people who were trapped in the trains were rescued.
Dozens of police and soldiers swarmed into the nearby subway stations, while ambulances and rescue teams arrived to treat the injured.

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