A cargo train with stowaway migrants on board derailed in southern Mexico on Sunday morning, killing five people and injuring 17 more, officials said, SIA reports citing CNN.
At least 250 Honduran migrants were traveling on the train when it derailed, the government of Mexico's Tabasco state said in a statement.
Rescuers were at the scene in a remote area of the state on Sunday, civil protection officials said.
Photos showed overturned train cars and injured victims on the tracks.
Eight cars overturned in the derailment, which happened around 3 a.m. in the municipality of Huimanguillo.
The train's engine and first car stayed on the tracks, allowing authorities to use them to transport injured victims to a regional hospital, officials said.
The locomotive derailed after heavy rains in the area softened the earth around the tracks, state officials said.
Representatives from the private railway company that operates the cargo train route could not be immediately reached for comment.
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