At least 10 people were killed and 40 injured after a train ploughed through a double-decker bus that stopped on the tracks outside Mexico City Monday morning — leaving the passenger vehicle completely cleved in two.
Surveillance footage showed the bus inching forward through bumper-to-bumper traffic. The moment the bus started crossing the tracks, the train slammed into it on the passenger side — pushing the front half down the tracks.
The roof of the bus was torn clean off and a woman could be heard crying for help, according to videos of the aftermath.
The bus seen before the deadly crash. X / @MeganoticiasTol
A freight train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. X / @MeganoticiasTol
There were no visible crossing gates or signals indicating a train was barreling down the tracks, according to the videos.
Other cars ahead of the bus were rolling over the tracks mere seconds before the crash, while the other side of the street was at a standstill.
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. in an industrial area of warehouses and factories in Atlacomulco, in the state of Mexico roughly 80 miles northwest of Mexico City.
Rebeca Miranda, whose sister and sister’s daughter-in-law were on the bus, waited alongside the tracks for authorities to update her on the status of the victims.
The bus seen split in half by the train in an aerial photo. Xinhua/Shutterstock
Local authorities haven’t released details on the cause of the crash. Xinhua/Shutterstock
Rescue workers at the scene of where the freight train crashed into a bus in Atlacomulco, Mexico. AP
A body on a stretcher getting carried away from the scene of the crash. APHer sister was found alive and taken to a hospital, but the daughter-in-law was killed in the crash, she said.
“It’s really unfortunate. Why? To beat the train. Those are lives,” Miranda lamented.
Herradura de Plata, the transportation service that operates the bus, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Associated Press.
The train line, Canadian Pacific Kansas City of Mexico, sent its condolences to the victims and their families.
The state prosecutor’s office said it will be opening an investigation into the crash.
Crashed on rail tracks have been on the rise in Mexico — surging from 600 in 2020 to 800 in 2025, according to Mexican rail regulators.
Last month alone, six people died when a train rammed into several vehicles in Guanajuato state.
With Post wires
