What happened on the Mexico-Toluca Interurban Train today, April 17?

by times news cr

2024-04-18 16:53:30

During the early hours of this Wednesday, April 17, a new accident marked the construction of Mexico-Toluca Interurban Train.

Now it is a segment launching cranewith an estimated weight of 800 tons, which fell in the Tacubaya Dam arealocated in the mayor’s office Álvaro Obregón from Mexico City.

Neighbors in the area who witnessed the incident reported that the collapse occurred around 3 in the morning, leaving a roar that alerted the community.

Are there injuries in the new Interurban Train accident?

He Secretary of Works of the CDMX government, Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina, confirmed there were no injured people nor structural damage to surrounding homes.

However, this new episode reveals the challenges and risks facing the construction of this project, whose completion has been postponed on multiple occasions.

The other accidents on the Mexico-Toluca Interurban Train…

This unfortunate event adds to a series of accidents that have marked the continuity in the construction of this infrastructure project that unites Mexico City with the State of Mexico.

Since last April 3, when a excavator overturned during workuntil February 15, when two workers fell from a considerable heightthis work has witnessed several incidents that have generated concern and criticism for the safety of workers and the effectiveness of the prevention measures implemented.

Started during the administration of former President Enrique Peña Nieto in 2015, the construction of the Mexico-Toluca Interurban Train has faced numerous obstacles, from budget delays to reports of non-compliance by the companies contracted for its execution.

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Mexican journalist and photographer. She graduated from the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Journalism at the FES Aragón of the UNAM, with a specialty in written press. I have a Technical degree in Advanced Digital Systems for Computing and Graphic Design. I am a web reporter at Debate.com.mx and I cover CDMX, Edomex, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Morelos and Veracruz, also on Economics and Politics.

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2024-04-18 16:53:30

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