BUENOS AIRES: At minimum 79 people have been harm Saturday, some seriously, in a teach crash at a Buenos Aires railway station in which a lethal accident killed dozens just last calendar year, officials explained.
Argentina's security chief Sergio Berni instructed nearby television that "there are no fatalities for now" at the Once prepare station in Buenos Aires, exactly where 51 people died and seven hundred had been wounded in February 2012, when a teach slammed into a retaining wall.
Railway officers explained Saturday's incident occurred at 7:25 am (1025 GMT) and that there experienced been no before reports of problems during the train's journey.
Officials stated they could could not quickly determine the cause of the incident and that the hurt have been rushed to about a dozen close by hospitals through some thirty ambulances and two helicopters.
Television footage showed numerous railway autos that had left the observe and have been on the system following the practice apparently failed to end at the finish of the line.
Travellers who emerged from the wrecked practice vehicles explained a chaotic scene of men and women being thrown to the flooring when the prepare produced impact. Several passengers were trapped onboard until finally they could be rescued by firefighters.
1 witness mentioned shaken passengers grew to become enraged and accosted the motorman.
"Men and women had been shouting 'murderer' at him," mentioned a gentleman by the identify of Julio who explained he was a passenger in the third automobile.
The train appeared as if it "was obtaining trouble braking for two stations" prior to its arrival at the As soon as station, Julio explained, adding his fellow travellers "were acquiring nervous, as they remembered" last year's disaster at the identical train station.
Buenos Aires has been plagued by rail accidents in current years.
In addition to previous February's fatal collision, there have been quite a few incidents, like a critical collision in June of this yr, when a dashing commuter prepare slammed into an additional prepare that experienced stopped amongst stations, killing a few men and women and injuring far more than 300.
Authorities mentioned it was lucky that, unlike the before key mishaps, Saturday's crash did not happen on a occupied weekday, and that the practice was only partially full.
Argentina has experimented with to ramp up oversight of its dilemma-plagued teach method considering that last year's lethal practice collision.
And, following June's fatal collision, officials set surveillance cameras in conductors' cabs.
The increased surveillance has presently unveiled some functions of negligence by railway staff, officials explained in July.
Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo stated video pictures taken from the surveillance cameras confirmed drivers nodding off, on the phone or reading, occasionally with their arms off the controls completely.
A driver noticed having difficulties to keep his eyes open "has presently been relieved of his responsibilities," Randazzo stated.
"He was driving a train with a thousand travellers," the transportation minister explained.
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