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Argentina train crash injures 20, says local media

Ambulances and firefighters were called after the trains collided in the early morning at the entrance to the station.

Buenos Aires: At least 20 people were injured when a freight train and a passenger train collided in central Argentina, local media said, citing emergency services.

Ambulances and firefighters were called after the trains collided in the early morning at the entrance to the station in the small town of Rawson, the Telam news agency said.

"Fortunately there were no fatalities. The worst-injured people have already been taken away. Two of them had major fractures," said Juan Temoche, an official at the local hospital, was quoted as saying by the DyN news agency.

In February 2012 a train crashed into the buffers at a station in western Argentina, killing 51 people and injuring 700.

A court convicted 21 people last year for that crash, including two former government deputy ministers.

( Source : AFP )
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