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Speed blamed for fatal derailment in Mexico
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Trains
MEXICO CITY — The train involved in a fatal derailment in Mexico on Dec. 28 was traveling at excessive speed, the federal Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday (Jan. 27) in its initial report on the accident that killed 14 passengers.
The Interoceanic Train was traveling at 65 kilometers per hour (40 mph), 15 kph (9.3 mph) faster than the speed limit in the curving area where the train derailed, according to the locomotive’s event recorder, La Jornada reports.
Attorney General Ernestina Godoy Ramos said the federal public prosecutor’s office plans to bring criminal charges for wrongful death and wrongful injury, and is currently working to establish responsibility.
Prior to the derailment, the train had been traveling at speeds up to 111 kph in an area with a 70 kph limit (69 mph versus a limit of 43 mph), Godoy Ramos said.
Operation of the Interoceanic Train has remained suspended since the accident.