Publish date. 23-02-2012   Number of images. 7 Category. Top News

Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people

By Hilary Burke and Magdalena Morales | BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 in Argentina's worst ...

Rescue workers carry a passenger from the commuter train (REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian)

Full View  Rescue workers carry a passenger from the commuter train (REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian)...

Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people

  Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people

The scene of the train in Buenos Aires, Argentina which killing at least 49 people died and injuring at least 600 people when the suburban train failed to break and ran into the buffers at the railwa

Full View  The scene of the train in Buenos Aires, Argentina which killing at least 49 people died and injuring at least 600 people when the suburban train failed to break and ran into the buffers at the railway terminus. Picture: EPA Source: AP Transportation Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi said the train entered the station at a speed of 20km/h) and failed to stop, crashing into a retaining wall at the end of the track. "It was a very serious accident," he said....

An injured person, centre, is being rescued after a train accident in Buenos Aires. Picture: EPA Source: AP "Inside the first car there was a human wall," said a firefighter who aske

Full View  An injured person, centre, is being rescued after a train accident in Buenos Aires. Picture: EPA Source: AP "Inside the first car there was a human wall," said a firefighter who asked not to be identified."I felt the explosion of the crash. It was very loud. The train did not brake, I saw people hurt in their necks, arms, legs," AFP quoted passenger Pedro Fuentes as saying.Another passenger, who identified herself as Myriam, said she was with her two children, ages six and four....

Commuters react inside the Once train station (REUTERS/nrique Marcarian)

Full View  Commuters react inside the Once train station (REUTERS/nrique Marcarian)...

A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police.

Full View  A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police....

An injured passenger is is lifted from a coach wreckage by firefighters in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Picture: EPA Source: AAP At least 30 people were trapped in the twisted wreckage o

Full View  An injured passenger is is lifted from a coach wreckage by firefighters in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Picture: EPA Source: AAP At least 30 people were trapped in the twisted wreckage of the first and second cars of the train, said Alberto Crescenti, the head of the city's emergency services office, according to AFP.Firefighters and rescue workers had to break through skylights in the train cars' roofs to get inside as medical helicopters landed in the street."There were people who were crushed and shouting desperately....


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