Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100

MEXICO: At least 13 people died and almost 100 were injured after a train derailed in Mexico’s south-eastern Oaxaca region, the Mexican navy said.

The train, which was travelling between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, was carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members.

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A total of 98 were injured, of whom 36 were being treated in hospital, the navy said.

The train derailed as it rounded a bend near the town of Nizanda, officials said. Mexico’s Attorney General confirmed an investigation was under way.