Joburg train collision claims driver’s life: ER24

28 April 2015 - 12:05 By RDM News Wire

There was at least one fatality after two trains collided at Denver station in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning. ER24 reported that one person – the driver of one of the trains - had lost their life‚ while at least 80 injured people were being attended to on scene.Details were sketchy at the time of publication‚ but it was reported on social media that one of the trains involved was a Business Express train travelling from Pretoria to Johannesburg.Shaun Molokwane (‏@ShaunMMS) tweeted: “Johannesburg #TrainCrash: was in the Business Express train that crashed into the back of another at #Denverstation. Not hurt‚ thanks God”‚ while @MedixGauteng‚ who posted the first pictures from the scene of the accident which occurred just after 7am‚ posted: “Serious train crash at Denver train station. Fatalities”.ER24 reported that when its paramedics arrived at the station‚ they “found the wrecked trains blocking the tracks completely. Bent metal and parts of the train had been spread across the scene”.According to ER24‚ among the 80 other patients was one woman was found trapped between a train and wall.“Rescue services and paramedics worked to free the patient from the wreckage before treatment could continue‚” ER24 said.“Once freed‚ paramedics provided the patient with advanced life support and thereafter transported her by the ER24 medical helicopter to a nearby hospital for urgent medical treatment.”Other patients with lesser injuries were moved to a nearby platform where they were triaged and treated. Metrorail’s spokeswoman Lillian Mofokeng did not immediately return RDM News Wires’ calls for comment.Rail commuters at Denver were reportedly seen seeking bus and taxi transport as the train collision is believed to have knocked out the power supply to the station...

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