Subway overpass collapse kills at least 15, injures dozens in Mexico City
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An overpass in Mexico City's metro collapsed Monday night, sending a passing train plunging downward, trapping cars under rubble and killing at least 15 people, authorities said. Mexico City's civil protection agency tweeted that almost 70 people were injured in the accident in the south of Mexico's capital, which happened at 10:30 p.m. local time.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum rushed to the area. "So far we have 15 people who unfortunately lost their lives," she told reporters, according to Agence France-Press. "A support beam gave way," she added. AFP reports that security camera footage broadcast by local media showed the train cars plummeting to the ground.Noumea — France's president held a flurry of meetings with local representatives in the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Thursday, urging calm after deadly rioting, and vowing thousands of military reinforcements will stay in place to quell what he called an "unprecedented insurrection."
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