Chilling CCTV Video Shows Elevated Metro Plunging To Ground, 20 Dead

Security camera footage broadcast by local media showed the carriages plunging towards the ground in the south of the city.

An elevated metro line collapsed in the Mexican capital on Monday, leaving at least 20 people dead and dozens injured as a passing train came crashing down, authorities said. Security camera footage broadcast by local media showed the carriages plunging towards the ground in the south of the city. "So far we have 20 people who unfortunately lost their lives," Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters at the scene. The city's civil defense department said on Twitter that around 70 others were injured in the dramatic accident.