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57 people were injured, including two in serious condition, as a result of a passenger train colliding with a maintenance train in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Emergency services official Alberto Crescente told the press at the scene that “the two seriously injured people, who suffered head trauma, were transported by helicopter, and one of them underwent successful neurosurgery.”
According to the public railway company, a seven-car passenger train collided with a maintenance train, including a locomotive and an equipment car, in the Palermo area.
The Ministry of Health reported that “a total of 57 people went to hospitals, some on their own initiative, after leaving the scene of the accident.”
“After the collision, emergency services and firefighters evacuated all passengers in about forty minutes,” Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri said at the scene of the accident.
Source: Agence France-Presse
2024-05-11 05:29:52