“Melissa was screaming and my wife was desperate”

Melissa is 16 years old, goes to high school at UNAM and loves to dance. On Saturday morning, she boarded Line 3 of the Metro, which goes from Indios Verdes to the University, together with her mother Karina Gómez, 41, to accompany her to work in the Del Valle neighborhood in a dedicated business. to place nails

They never suspected that this trip would remain in their memories forever.

Mother and daughter were moving from the municipality of Tecámac. Their relatives report that on other occasions they both used Line B of the Metro, although last Saturday they would have decided to take Line 3 because they considered that there would be fewer users.

Víctor Rivera, father and husband of the victims, comments that he found out about the mishap that occurred in the Metro because his wife contacted him, after the accident, when they were both still in the tunnel.

“Melissa was screaming and my wife was desperate because my daughter’s leg was pinched,” says Víctor, who is an engineer and works in the computer science area.

The wound that Melissa suffered was exposed and along her foot, for which she had to enter the operating room at the Hospital 1 de Octubre at ISSSTE. Her family fears the injury will prevent her from continuing to practice the Hawaiian dance that she is so passionate about.

Her mother’s injuries, for her part, are all over her body since at the time of the crash she was thrown and, despite being located in the middle of the wagon, ended up in the front.

Víctor adds that the attention his daughter and wife received at the ISSSTE hospital was slow, which caused both of them to be transferred to the San Ángel Inn hospital.

Another case is that of María Isabel Cortés and Evelyn Martínez Samudio, 56 and 36 years old, respectively. Last Saturday both were traveling on Line 3 towards the Magdalena de las Salinas Hospital, for a medical assessment for an injury to Mrs. María Isabel’s leg.

Unlike Melissa and Karina, they have not discussed the accident inside the Metro with their relatives in detail and, although they are still in pain, they want to be discharged as soon as possible, according to their relatives outside the hospital. San Angel Inn.

Until yesterday, 22 people were still hospitalized after the collision of two Line 3 trains, which were reported to be stable. Yaretzi, the 25-year-old girl who died in the incident, was also fired yesterday.

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