Trains collide in Argentina; 3 dead, 31 injured
08:20, 17 February 2011
BUENOS AIRES. February 17. KAZINFORM Two passenger trains collided near Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing at least 3 people and injuring 31 others, local media reported; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
The tragedy occurred shortly before 9 pm local time in San Miguel, some 35 km northeast of the capital, when a long-distance train crushed a local train.
A local police spokesman called the incident "catastrophic."
Firefighters, police, sanitary and medical workers have been working hard at the site to normalize the situation as quickly as possible; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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