In Buenos Aires, the train with passengers crashed into the platform: dozens of dead, hundreds of victims (video)

In the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, a crowded train went off the rails and crashed into a platform at the ONCE station, AP reports. Hundreds of people were injured, there are also a lot of victims. According to the country's Minister of Transport, Juan Pablo Shiavi, some people are still trapped.

According to the latest data from ITAR-TASS, the number of victims of the railway accident in Argentina exceeded 600 people. Reuters with reference to local media and officials reports that at least 49 people became victims of the tragedy.

According to some reports, the train came to the station too quickly, crashing into a concrete fence at the end of the platform at a speed of 20 km/h, which caused the composition of the composition. He dragged the rest of the wagons. It is also reported that one of the wagons rammed by almost six meters ahead.

The causes of the accident are established. According to the preliminary version, the collision occurred due to the refusal of the brakes.

Most of the victims were in the first car, many were wounded by broken glass and iron. Some of the victims were assisted directly at the station. The most severe were hospitalized in the nearest hospitals on the carriage of ambulance and helicopters.

It is worth noting that in April 2011, as a result of a collision of trains in Argentina, about 70 people were injured. The incident occurred in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, when another locomotive crashed into the passenger composition, which made a forced stop due to the breakdown and fire of the locomotive, which came to his aid with one of the nearest stations.