Hundreds Injured in Buenos Aires Train Crash

Hundreds injured as rescue workers continue to pull trapped people from the wreckage of a Buenos Aires train crash. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Published

about 1 year ago

Categories

World, Americas, South America

Topics

Americas

People

Deborah Lutterbeck

Places

Argentina, Buenos Aires

Tags

accident, rescue workers, train, rescue effort, train crash, crash

Transcript

Hundreds are injured in Buenos Aires Wednesday after a moving train slammed into the back of another train parked at a station.Rescue workers continue to pull injured out of the wreckage of a train. Local television stations are reporting that more than 500 people were injured and fatalities are likely.(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TRAIN UNION LEADER ROBERTO NUNEZ SAYING:"They're still taking people out of the second train car where the paramedics and fire-fighters are working. We've already transported over 300 injured people."Passengers said the train appeared to have lost its brakes as it sped into the parked train.The accident occurred during the busy morning rush hour.Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.