The Collective Transportation System (STC) Metro of Mexico City reported that regarding the resumption of service in the Line 5which runs from Polytechnic to Pantitlán.
This Saturday, October 25, the CDMX Metro, through its official accounts, announced that the service had been temporarily suspended on Line 5, after a person will throw themselves in front of the train at the station Petroleum Institute.
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According to preliminary reports, the The incident occurred shortly after 10:00 a.m.causing the temporary suspension of service while the emergency forces and Metro personnel carried out the necessary maneuvers to rescue a man between 65 and 70 years old, who had lost his life on the spot, after allegedly throwing himself onto the Metro tracks, at the Instituto del Petróleo station.
“The service is momentarily stopped on Line 5. We carried out maneuvers to rescue a person who allegedly threw himself in the path of the train.”
Circulation resumes on all Line 5
After completing the corresponding work, the capital Metro at the 10:30 cut-off announced the full resumption of service:
“The circulation of trains on Line 5 is resumed, all stations are in service,” indicated the STC.
The organization urged users to remain calm and follow the instructions of the staff in case of emergencies within the facilities, as well as to respect the yellow safety line, allow descent before boarding and avoid throwing objects on the tracks to prevent incidents and delays.
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It should be said that in less than a week four cases of people who allegedly jumped onto the tracks of the Collective Transportation System (STC) Metrowhich has caused the temporary suspensionl of the service on three different lines.
The most recent case of people who they would have attempted his life when he threw himself in front of the train was the one from this Saturday, which joins three others registered in less than 48 hourscausing the temporary suspension of the service in both the lines 12, 7 and 3.
- Line 7 – Auditorium: On October 21, the service was suspended after a person allegedly jumped onto the tracks. YesThe death of a man approximately 35 years old is reported.
- Line 3 – Miguel Ángel de Quevedo: A day later, another person did the same in the Miguel Ángel de Queved stationor, which caused the temporary suspension of the route that goes from Green Indians to University. According to witnesses, the victim was a male.
- Thursday, October 23, authorities of the capital’s Metro reported that the service on Line 12, which runs from Tláhuac to Mixcoacwas momentarily suspended.
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