Thursday, 23 February 2012
49 KILLED IN ARGENTINA TRAIN CRASH!!!!
Passengers told reporters the crash sounded like a bomb blastThe crash injured 676 people,Telam reported. Family members flooded local hospitals, clamoring for news of missing loved ones."The strongest impact was between the first and second car," with the second plunging "about six meters into the first," Federal Police spokesman Fernando Sostre said.The train was traveling at 26 kilometers per hour (16 mph) when it entered the station , according to Schiavi."We do not know what happened in the last 40 meters," he said.The train's 28-year-old driver had just started his shift and had a good record, the transportation minister said.Earlier Wednesday, Schiavi said authorities believed there were problems with the train's brakes that caused it to smash into a barrier at the station.Buenos Aires Trains, which runs the rail service, said it was cooperating with the federal investigation.Wednesday's crash was among the worst in Argentina's history, Telam reported.In 1970, 200 people died when two trains crashed north of Buenos Aires.Eight years later, 56 people were killed when a train hit a truck in Argentina's Santa Fe province, the state news agency reported.
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