At least 60 people were injured this Friday, May 10, when a passenger train collided with another car that was empty in Buenos Aires, 30 of which were admitted to hospitals with different injuries.
The Argentine Trains companys reported on his X account, formerly Twitter, that the San Martín Line is interrupted by the crash. The collision occurred on a bridge in the capital neighborhood of Palermo causing the derailment of the unit transporting passengers.
(Expansion of information 12:10 p.m.)
Train collision with locomotive and empty van in the #LíneaSanMartin
The incident occurred for reasons that are the subject of investigation. The service is provided between the Villa del Parque-Pilar stations. https://t.co/Qgp4RCUkXo
— Argentine Trains (@TrenesArg) May 10, 2024
The company noted that the formation “collided with a locomotive and an empty van car, at 10:31 a.m. (local time).”
How many seriously injured are there due to the train crash in Buenos Aires?
Alberto Crescenti, director of the Emergency Medical Care System (SAME), reported that There are no fatalities or people trapped in the carriages.. He pointed out that in total 90 people were assisted and that 30 of the injured were taken to hospitals, two of them are considered “code red.” with head trauma.
The SAME deployed a large operation in the area, as seen in images broadcast by television channels, after which it reported that it began to transfer dozens of injured people to hospitals.
Jorge MacriMayor of The city of Buenos Airesappeared near the place where the incident occurred and stated that “there is not enough information regarding the mechanics of the accident.”
How did the collision between the trains occur?
According to what passengers who left the accident formation by their own means told the press, the latter stopped for a few minutes and, after starting, ended up hitting the other which was ahead on the same railway track.
The train with passengers He moved from Buenos Aires to suburbs north of the capital.
The SAME doctors treated different people who remained lying on the ground and on the railway tracks, while Firefighters worked to remove the injured. who were trapped in the cars.
Various railway accidents have occurred in Argentina. One of the most serious took place on February 22, 2012, when a train full of passengers coming from the suburbs of Buenos Aires entered the capital’s Once station and collided with the bumper of the platform, causing 51 deaths.
