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		</div><p>At least 20 people have been killed after a metro overpass partially collapsed in Mexico City, authorities said.</p>
<p>The city’s civil protection agency added that almost 70 people were injured in the accident in the south of Mexico’s capital, which happened at 10.30pm local time.</p>
<p>Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, who had rushed to the scene of the accident, said a “support beam gave way”.</p>
<p>She said 34 of the injured have been taken to hospital.</p>
<p>The collapse led to a train falling downwards and cars have been trapped underneath the rubble.</p>
<p>Video showed at least one broken train along with dozens of rescuers searching through the remnants of the collapsed overpass.</p>
<p>The overpass was about five metres above the road in southern Mexico City.</p>
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<p>Hundreds of police and firefighters cordoned off the scene in the southern borough of Tlahuac, as desperate friends and relatives gathered outside the security</p>
<figure id="attachment_167947" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-167947" style="width: 784px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/810341BD-4BBA-4262-8BA5-EBDE3D3E6E36.jpeg" alt="" width="784" height="570" class="size-full wp-image-167947" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-167947" class="wp-caption-text">People wait for news at a barricade near the scene</figcaption></figure>
<p>The accident happened on the metro’s Line 12, the construction of which has been plagued by complaints and accusations of irregularities.</p>
<p>Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote on Twitter: “What has happened on the metro today is a terrible tragedy.”</p>
<p>He added: “Of course the causes should be investigated and those responsible should be identified. I repeat that I am entirely at the disposition of authorities to contribute in whatever way is necessary.”</p>
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<p>The Mexico City metro, one of the largest and busiest in the world, has had at least two serious accidents since its inauguration half a century ago.</p>
<p>In March of last year, a collision between two trains at the Tacubaya station left one passenger dead, injuring 41 people. In 2015, a train that did not stop on time crashed into another at the Oceania station, injuring 12 people.</p>
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