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More than 200 people were
injured in a train collision in Johannesburg. Source: Associated Press
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More than 300 people were injured when a commuter train
crashed into another passenger train during rush hour in South Africa's largest
city.
Nana Radebe, spokeswoman
for Johannesburg Emergency Services, said 326 people were rushed to nearby
hospitals with minor to serious injuries. No fatalities were reported.
"For now we have removed
people with minor to serious injuries, but none critical," she said,
adding that firefighters searched for commuters who may have been trapped
inside the train cars.
The trains were on the
same track and it appeared that a travelling train collided with a stationary
train and Russel Meiring, a spokesman for a private emergency service, said one
vehicle rear-ended the other.
Meiring said injured
passengers were treated "absolutely everywhere" where paramedics
could find space around the wreckage before being taken to hospital.
"The one 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 accident happened at
rush hour between two stations, with both trains traveling from the
Johannesburg city center to the township of Soweto, said Lillian Mofokeng, the
Metrorail spokeswoman for the Gauteng province.
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