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Argentina train crash injures hundreds in Buenos Aires Deadly Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires
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Some 340 people have been injured in a commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Several people have been killed and some 550 injured in a commuter train crash at a 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. Local reporters say they saw 12 bodies removed from the wreckage, with dozens of people still trapped.
The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station in the west of the city.
The injured driver and some passengers were taken away on stretchers, with the first carriage the worst affected.The injured driver and some passengers were taken away on stretchers, with the first carriage the worst affected.
The ministry of transport said it could not rule out fatalities, with many people still said to be trapped.
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.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.
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. "There are people still trapped, people alive," 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.
In September 2011 eleven people died when another commuter train in Buenos Aires hit a bus crossing the tracks and then hit a second train coming into a station. Some suffered fractures and other serious injuries.
In September 2011, 11 people died when a commuter train in Buenos Aires hit a bus crossing the tracks and then hit a second train coming into a station.
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