THIS is the shocking moment a train slams into a double decker bus in Mexico – leaving ten dead and dozens injured.
A speeding freight train T-boned a coach full of people at a grade crossing in Atlacomulco, 80 miles northwest of Mexico City.
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Footage shows the bus in a line of traffic on the Maravatío-Atlacomulco highway.
Cars in either direction have stopped at the train tracks – though a motorbike scoots across at the last moment.
The bus, from company Herradura de Plata, is at first stationary at the front of the queue.
But then it suddenly decides to move forward, as if trying to reach the other side before the train passes.
Just as it reaches the middle of the tracks, the train ploughs into the centre of the coach.
The entire bus folds and is carried along by the train, which continued for hundreds of metres.
Emergency teams rushed to the scene and were met by chaos and devastation.
A photo taken soon after the catastrophe shows the rear end of the bus with the roof totally blown off.
Passengers can be seen cowering in the open air.
Ambulance crews from multiple regions as well as the Red Cross worked on the injured and helped extract survivors from the wreckage.
Despite their best efforts, ten people died and another 45 were injured.
The authorities have launched an investigation into what happened.
The bus, marked number 6002, was travelling from San Felipe del Progreso to Mexico City.
Its driver’s decision to move onto the tracks seem inexplicable from the footage.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City of Mexico, the train line, confirmed the accident and sent its condolences to the families of the victims.
City officials in Atlacomulco asked residents to refrain from going to the site of the collision and offered their condolences to the families of the victims who died.
A statement posted to social media read: “We express our sincere solidarity to the families affected at this time.”
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Last week, at least 15 people were killed after a packed tourist bus plunged off a mountain road in Sri Lanka.
The bus crashed into another vehicle before smashing through guardrails.
The fatal accident took place near the town of Wellawaya in the mountainous Ella region which sits just 174 miles east of the capital Colombo.
Sixteen others, including five children, on board were injured but managed to escape the wreckage.
Police confirmed the group was made up of local tourists who had been visiting lush tea plantation hill towns in the area.
Pictures show the smashed up bus on the ground after the horror fall.