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Sat May 26 22:45:17 SAST 2012
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Argentine train crash kills at least 40, hurts 550

Reuters | 22 February, 2012 17:57
A view of the front of a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station during rush hour in Buenos Aires
A view of the front of a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station during rush hour in Buenos Aires, February 22, 2012.
Image by: ENRIQUE MARCARIAN / REUTERS

A commuter train crashed in Buenos Aires on Wednesday and media reported that at least 40 had been killed, while officials said some 550 others had been injured.  

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Television station C5N quoted the head of the civil defence unit for the death toll.  

The train was unable to stop and slammed into barriers inside a busy, centrally located station during the morning rush hour, officials said.  

Hundreds of thousands of people travel into Argentina’s capital city from the suburbs every day.

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