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started by Lucieny Donaldson on 22 Feb 12
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    Nearly 50 people died whenever a packed commuter train slammed to a retaining wall with a railway terminus at the time of rush hour within the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. more information

    Authorities said at least 49 people was killed, 550 were seriously injured, and dozens a lot more were trapped in the wreckage.

    Witnesses said persons were hurled on each other and knocked with the floor "in the blink of an eye, " some losing consciousness whilst others seriously injured.

    "The train was full and the impact was huge, " a voyager identified only while Ezequiel told local television, adding that medics at the scene appeared overwhelmed by way of the scale of a disaster. information

    "Unfortunately, we must report there exists 49 dead inside accident, " including a young child, police spokesman Nestor Rodriguez advised a news conference.
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    Civil defence authorities said the crash occurred following the train's brakes failed precisely as it was arriving with a station on a western outskirts within the city.

    The cost surpassed the city's very last major rail problem, just five calendar months ago, when two trains and also a bus collided at the time of rush hour, killing 11 persons and injuring around 200.

    The region's transit system has been plagued with serious accidents nowadays.

    In March '08, 18 people had been killed and 47 injured each time a bus was hit with a train in Dolores, 212 kms south of Buenos Aires.

    Argentina's deadliest train tragedy was at 1970, when an accident killed 200 persons in northern Buenos Aires.

    Footage posted to social media sites shows the moment a commuter train crashed inside the buffers at a Buenos Aires stop and trapped passengers struggling to flee from the debris.

    The commuter practice apparently had difficulties braking and slammed in the buffers at the edge with the platform in Once section in the Argentinian capital.

    At least 49 people have been completely reported killed and hundreds more are injured.
    One of a videos posted internet shows CCTV footage in the train station currently of impact because second carriage is carried into the back of the first.

    The second online video was posted by the witness showing the moments following the crash as injured survivors make an effort to escape the mangled coach wreckage.
    The accident occurred over the notoriously overcrowded Sarmiento line, used by commuters coming into the city with the eastern suburbs.

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