At least three dead, dozens injured in Argentina train crash

  • 11 years ago
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STORY: At least three people were killed and dozens injured on Thursday (June 13) after two passenger trains collided near the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, in the morning rush hour.

Local media reported that the collision took place after a busy passenger train hit a another stationary train that was empty. The collision occurred near the Castelar station, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of the Buenos Aires.

In February 2012, 51 people were killed and some 700 injured when two trains crashed on the same rail line at the Once station in Buenos Aires.

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