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Argentina train crash injures hundreds in Buenos Aires Argentina train crash injures hundreds in Buenos Aires
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Hundreds of people are reported to have been injured after a commuter train crashed at a busy station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Some 340 people have been injured in a commuter train crash at a busy station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
The train is reported to have slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station in the west of the city.The train is reported to have slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station in the west of the city.
The transportation ministry said at least 340 people had been injured and it could not rule out fatalities. The injured driver and some passengers were taken away on stretchers, with the first carriage the worst affected.
Many people are reported to be trapped in the train. The transportation ministry said it could not rule out fatalities, with many people still said to be trapped.
"There are people still trapped, people alive, and there may have been fatalities. We don't know if there are dead people in the wreckage," the transportation secretary, JP Schiavi, told reporters at the station. The transportation secretary, JP Schiavi, told reporters at the station that the commuter train had hit the barrier at about 12mph (20km/h), destroying the front of the engine and crunching the carriages behind it.
He said the commuter train had hit the barrier at about 12mph (20km/h), destroying the front of the engine and crunching the carriages behind it.
One of the carriages was driven nearly six metres (20ft) into the next, he said.One of the carriages was driven nearly six metres (20ft) into the next, he said.
"There are people still trapped, people alive, and there may have been fatalities. We don't know if there are dead people in the wreckage," Mr Schiavi said.
Survivors told the TeleNoticias channel that many people had been injured in a jumble of metal and glass.Survivors told the TeleNoticias channel that many people had been injured in a jumble of metal and glass.
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