Xinhua General News Service
 AP Photo Rescue workers carry an injured passenger out of a train. |
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Red Cross said on Sunday it had discharged 109 people treated for injuries sustained in Saturday night’s crash of two suburban trains 20 kilometers outside of Mexico City, in the State of Mexico.
A further 20 or more passengers remained in other hospitals, belonging to the state-run Mexican Social Security Agency, said Javier Heredia, commander of the Red Cross in the State of Mexico town Tlalnepantla, part of the Mexico City conurbation. The Red cross had been treating 96 adults and 13 minors.
The two trains collided in Tlalnepantla late on Saturday night, when the rear train slammed into the front train, which was stationary on the track, for reasons that are still under investigation. The crash took place when the trains were traveling through tunnels, close to residential area Barrientos.
Local radio said that rail transportation returned to normal on Sunday morning on the affected 29-kilometer route starting in northern Mexico City. Saturday’s was the first crash since train service began on the route on May 8 last year.
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