Sixty injured in Buenos Aires train collision

11/5/2024 7:16

        At least 60 people were injured on Friday when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive and an empty train car in Buenos Aires, local
        authorities said, without giving details of how serious the injuries were.
        
        Firefighters, police and ambulances were at the scene, helping evacuate people and take the injured to hospitals.
        
        Television and drone footage showed the trains head-to-head on an overpass in the Palermo neighborhood of the Argentine capital. The passenger train's first car derailed and was damaged in the collision.
        
        Reuters reporters at the scene saw passengers being taken on stretchers to ambulances and helicopters waiting to transport the most seriously injured to city hospitals.