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Damian Dopacio / EPA
An injured passenger is lifted from athe train wreckage by firefighters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 22, after an accident in Once train station. The city emergency service confirmed so far 550 injured and at least 40 fatal casualties when a suburban train failed to break and ran into the buffers at the railway terminus.
Enrique Marcarian / Reuters
Rescue workers extract a passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires on Feb. 22. Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi confirmed that 340 people were injured and that passengers were still trapped inside after the train's brakes failed.
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Police and rescue workers surround a train that crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on Feb. 22. At least 340 people were injured in the accident, authorities informed.
Enrique Marcarian / Reuters
Rescue workers carry a passenger who was injured when a commuter train crashed into the Once train station during rush hour in Buenos Aires, Feb. 22. Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi confirmed that 340 people were injured and that passengers were still trapped inside when the train's brakes failed.
Enrique Marcarian / Reuters
Commuters help a passenger who was injured when a commuter train crashed into the Once train station during rush hour in Buenos Aires, Feb. 22, 2012. Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi confirmed that 340 people were injured and that passengers were still trapped inside when the train's brakes failed.
From msnbc.com staff and news services:
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, injuring at least 340 morning commuters, Argentina's transportation secretary said.
"There are people still trapped, people alive, and there may have been fatalities. We don't know if there are dead people" in the wreckage, J.P. Schiavi told reporters at the station.
The commuter train came in too fast and hit the barrier at the end of the platform, smashing the front of the engine and crunching the first car behind it, according to reports.
Hundreds of people have been hurt after a packed train ran into a busy station in Argentina. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
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I hope the conductor wasn't tweeting at the time ....
Hispanics of any kind cannot fix anything or drive for that matter. What a deadly combination.
@JLD99
...........................................................................RESENTFUL IGNORANT!!!!............................................................................
................................................................PEDASO DE PELOTUDO IGNORANTE!!!!!!..............................................................
you jld99.....and because the weather in california is warm & beautiful.......exactly.....what t f@#$ your comments has anything to do with human tragedies. and the other hand, the reason "hispanic can't not fix anything (don't care to do so) is because we choose second clase @!$%# like YOU to do it.
I'll make sure to tell my Mexican mechanics that they can't do their job any more because of their ethnicity.
Not only are you a bigot.. but stupid as well. The bulk if not 98% of the country is made up of European Immigrants. FYI:
Perhaps sharing the same heritage as you. Like this has anything to do with a terrible accident! I have been on those trains as I travel there frequently and hope that none of my friends were on them. People like you give Americans a bad name around this world.
A deadly combination is a computer and and bigot like JDL99. And there is still people that are against abortion? I wonder if your mother would have had the option...
@JLD99
I found your comment to be discriminatory and racist. Maybe what you know as Hispanics are not what really Hispanic are. You should apologize. Your comment is not welcome, it have nothing to do with the accident itself.
Well, I am not a biggot but JLD99 has a lot of truth to what he says. I live in Costa Rica and trust me, they cannot drive, period. If the California Highway Patrol came down here, stationed themselves at one corner of a busy street, they would go thru about 2 or 3 cases, yes cases, of ticket books IN ONE DAY. These people are colorblind to red and green. Driving on our streets is a hazard. They make U turns where every they want. I shake my head, unbelievably........
And don t start me on common sense. Get this, if you are involved in an accident, even a small fender bender, a scratch for that matter, you have to leave the cars where they are until the police get there, which could take an hour, and usually more. EVEN ON A BUSY STREET, THEY WILL BLOCK TRAFFIC FOR HOURS........
As for fixing things, the old saying still holds true, if you want something done right, do it yourself.
Wow!! I totally agree with Justiceforall...JLD99 you are an idiot and you should be ashamed of yourself...and Alsex is also correct, what does that have to do with the accident? My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people invloved and also hats off to the many non emergency people who have offered asstitance in this moment of crisis.
@ Mikee-1813137
So let me get this straight, you "LIVE" in Costa Rica and the citizens there dont know how to drive? So I would imagine the citizens need to cater to you and the way you were taught how to drive? Please explain to me again why you're NOT a biggot? (maybe more idiodic though) Listen, smart guy, maybe since you are living there, you should learn and adapt to their coulture and NOT vice versa. This is why countries around the world hate us, we come to their country and act like our crap dont stink and everything we do is better. Wake up Mike and learn to adapt and accept instead of ridiculing those around you.
@JLD99
Will not even waste my time with your ignorant and racist comment
Conductors do not operate trains, engineers do! When all is said and done there are perhaps two logical reasons for this terrible accident. First, engineer died or was incapacitated before the trains entered station, hence, unable to break equipment. Second, signal or equipment failure.
This system was not maintained, much like our infrastructure. Typical, take the money and run and to hell with people.
Gracias a todos por sus comentario. Alguno racistas y deplorables desde luego.
Lamento muchisimo este accidente, estamos conmocionados.
La causa es el deterioro y falta de mantenimiento del servicio, son trenes de 40 años en los que no se ha invertido NUNCA.
Como ven, y ocurre en el mundo entero, siempre pagan los pobres, en este caso con su vida.
Mientras tanto legisladores se sigue autoaumentando el sueldo. Seguro que no viajaba ningun diputado en ese tren.
Para los que no conocen Once es una de las estaciones mas populares y mas transitadas de nuestra ciudad, es un barrio humilde donde se apiñan vendedores ambulantes y negocios de todo tipo y donde generalmente se encuentran los precios mas baratos.
warm regards