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Argentine train crash kills 49
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E-mail CNTV, February 23, 2012
A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 others, officials said.
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Rescue workers extract a passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012. [CNTV via Agencies] |
They said the train was unable to stop, presumably due to faulty brakes, and it slammed into the buffers inside the centrally located "Once" station. More than 800 passengers were aboard the train, state news agency Telam reported.
A police spokesman said 49 people had been killed.
"The train entered the Once station at 26 kilometers per hour (16 mph)... we suppose there was some flaw in the brakes," Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi was quoted as telling Telam.
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