Over 300 people injured in South Africa train crash
Over 300 people have sustained injuries in a collision involving two commuter trains in South Africa.
The crash happened on Friday when a train traveling from central Johannesburg to the township of Soweto struck another train on the same track, said Nana Radebe, the spokeswoman for Johannesburg Emergency Services, adding that one of the trains was apparently stationary.
Radebe also noted that a total of 326 people were taken to nearby hospitals with minor to serious injuries.
"For now we have removed people with minor to serious injuries, but none critical," she said, noting that search was underway for commuters who may be stuck inside the train cars.
The train “had stopped because of a signal when another came from behind us hooting and smashed into its back," one commuter told the African News Agency.
The cause of the incident is still unknown, and officials are gathering information about the crash, said Lillian Mofokeng, the spokeswoman for Metrorail, a commuter rail system operator in South Africa.
"Our priority right now is just to attend to the injured and then arrange alternative transport," she noted, adding that some 100 passengers who were not injured would be bussed home.
Train accidents, frequent in South Africa, are attributed to either errors on behalf of train operators or railway communication cable thefts resulting in collisions.
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