#Chronicle | “There was an impact, then screaming.” Witnesses narrate crash in CDMX Metro

While the emergency teams moved to the area, the same passengers were the first to help those who were in the convoy on Line 3.

Arturo Delgado, who was in the last car of the accident train, said that after feeling the impact and many people screamed, while others “fell down.” Upon realizing what had happened and confirming that he was not seriously injured, the user proceeded to support the injured, “as best they could.”

“What I remember is that it came with my phone, we felt the impact. The train overtook us, crashed and that’s it. I remember the train being torn to pieces, because I was in the last car, where it was hit, ”she said.

“I saw two people trapped, by their feet, in the car that I was coming from (the last one) and in the other car, it seems there were two others. In fact, we tried to help them get it out, but it was impossible, we couldn’t… three, four boys tried, but it was impossible, until security arrived. The rest of us were beaten, ”he said.

Federal and local authorities moved to the crash zone, in the tunnel that connects the La Raza and Potrero stations. This is how the rescues progressed.

“Many of us were able to get out on our own feet, but others required the support of stretchers, due to the severity of the impact,” explained Arturo Delgado. With blood on his shirt and gauze on his left ear, the man was transferred two hours after the accident to a hospital.

Later, his namesake father arrived at the scene to support him. After regretting that the accidents continue in the Metro, he trusted that the authorities take responsibility for the situation.

“(My son) told me that he was coming in the wagon and (some people) were pressed close to him and he was beaten. He tried to help them, but he couldn’t,” he explained.

Political Expansion was able to verify the exit of the wounded from the La Raza Metro station, which were loaded into the various ambulances to later transfer them to various hospitals.

chaos reigned

As support for the injured arrived, there was confusion and chaos, said Eunice, a passenger who was traveling in the women’s carriage on one of the impacted trains.

“Suddenly we felt a push and screams were heard. I saw many people who came in the last wagons to run. We didn’t know what had happened, I thought it was a person bringing a weapon or that there was a fight. Little by little we realized that the other Metro had climbed on top of ours, ”she explained.

In turn, María, a street vendor who works outside the station, indicated that she did not hear any “noise” coming from the Metro, but she could verify that many people were running.

“I was already here setting up my post when I heard screams and saw people coming out. I never heard any noise, nothing more than a man said: ‘the meters collided’. I saw people running from here to there, desperate.”

The seller stressed that after hearing the arrival of various security forces, she was able to realize that it was not an accident.

“I said, ‘Oh my God, what happened!’ And the ambulances and those trucks that are there (from the National Guard) began to arrive, but I don’t like to be on the lookout because I might faint.”

cordoned off area

Elements of the National Guard (GN), the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), National Defense (Sedena), the Navy, as well as Civil Protection, the capital’s police and the SCT-Metro, agreed on the area to prevent the entry of people To the subway.

Outside the La Raza station, on Line 3, on Avenida Insurgentes, a support center was installed to provide first aid to those who required it.

The most serious were sent to seven hospitals, such as the San Ángel Inn, La Raza and Primero de Octubre, which were visited by capital authorities, including the head of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, authorities continued the expert reports. When they are finished, they will begin with the removal of the wrecked trains.

Through an information card, the Metro indicated that they will seek to restore the service as quickly as possible so that users are not affected further.

“In the area, personnel for the investigation of relevant incidents of the agency and the insurance contracted by the Metro also work. Metro engineers and technicians from the rolling stock and rail areas will be in charge of the inspection and tests for the reopening, following the corresponding protocols, ”he explained.