Norwegian risk management firm DNV will lead an independent forensic investigation into Mexico City’s subway overpass collapse that left 26 people dead and nearly 80 others injured. According to Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, DNV’s work will parallel federal and local agency probes that are being carried out in collaboration with engineering faculty from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Details about the investigation’s scope and schedule are to be made public May 10. Sheinbaum said the choice of DNV, which investigated the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico for the U.S. Departments of Interior and Homeland Security, will help ensure the investigation is free from politics and other influences.