Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's motorcade suffered an accident on Friday, her team said in a statement.

One person died and several were injured, though the car Sheinbaum was travelling in was not involved.

Sheinbaum stopped to check on the injured people, who were by then being attended to by emergency teams after the crash in Monclova, a city in northern Coahuila state, according to her team.

"We deeply regret that one person died in the other vehicle," the statement said.