Overview
- Authorities report 13 confirmed fatalities, including a child, with approximately 109 injured and 44 still hospitalized after the derailment between Nizanda and Chivela.
- Rescue teams are working to recover one remaining victim and stabilize a partially suspended car, according to the navy’s on-site briefing.
- The navy-led response deployed 360 personnel, 20 vehicles, four ground ambulances, three air ambulances and a tactical drone to evacuate and treat passengers.
- The Fiscalía General de la República opened a case and took custody of the onboard electronic recorder known as the Pulser, which functions as a rail “black box.”
- Officials said a hi-rail inspection vehicle found the track operable before the convoy carrying about 250 people departed, and the line and train are covered by passenger and equipment insurance.