Photos: Hundreds injured in Argentina train wreck

Feb 22, 2012 - 08:46
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Photos: Hundreds injured in Argentina train wreck
Argentine train crash kills 49 people, hurts 600

A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during moing rush hour on Feb. 22, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 others, officials said.

Paramedics carry away wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, injuring over 300 moing commuters, Argentina's transportation secretary said

Firemen rescue wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, injuring over 300 moing commuters, Argentina's transportation secretary said.

Trapped passengers from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour are seen in a coach in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012. A train crashed in Buenos Aires on Wednesday and media reported that at least 49 had been killed, while officials said some 550 others had been injured. The train was unable to stop and slammed into barriers inside a busy, centrally located station during the moing rush hour, officials said.

 

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