Argentina, At least 49 people were killed on Wednesday when a packed commuter train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, officials said. More than 600 others were injured. The train derailed after hitting the barrier at the end of the platform at Once station in the Argentina capital, killing 49 people and leaving more than 600 others injured. Several others were still trapped inside the train on early Wednesday afternoon, the El Clarín newspaper reported. The most critically injured were rushed to hospitals throughout the capital and nearby cities, while paramedics were also treating scores of victims at the scene of the disaster. Survivors said that many people were injured in a jumble of metal and glass. Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi said the train failed to stop at the lights and collided into the platform. He said the train, which was carrying more than 800 passengers on their daily commute, was traveling at 20 kilometers (12 miles) per hour when the accident occurred. The head of the city's emergency services, Alberto Crescenti, said the number of casualties could increase. It is the country's worst rail disaster since ...
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Buenos Aires, About 340 people were injured on Wednesday in Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, when a passenger train derailed and crashed at a station platform located in the western part of the city. According to the BBC, the train smashed into the barricade at the end of the platform on Once station. The front of the engine and the carriage behind it were damaged the most. All the injured passengers along with the driver were taken on stretchers. Many ambulances too were sent to the site of the mishap. BBC report quoted JP Schiavi, the transportation secretary, as saying that the commuter train had hit the barrier at about 12mph (20km/h), destroying the front of the engine and crunching the carriages behind it, adding that one of the carriages was driven nearly six metres into the next. Apparently, just five months ago, another passenger train collided with a bus following which it hit another train coming into the station. Around eleven people lost their lives and other 200 were seriously ...
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Buenos Aires, Two people were killed Monday when their small aircraft collided with an Argentine air force plane over the city of Mercedes, a military spokesperson said. The air force plane was able to make an emergency landing. Authorities are working to identify the fatalities, said Mariano Mohaupt. The air force plane suffered significant damage in the collision and had to make an emergency landing, but neither of its occupants were seriously injured, the spokesperson said. The crash took place near the airfield of a flying club in Mercedes, a city some 100 km west of Buenos ...
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Buenos Aires, An Argentine judge is investigating the case of two 40-year-old men who have the same first and last names, identical identity document numbers and birth certificates, all without there being any sign that one or both sets of their papers have been altered, the media reported Sunday. Judge Eva Parcio de Seleme is trying to determine if one man tried "to steal the identity of the other", but initial studies established the authenticity of the documents of the two men, who live in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, the La Nacion newspaper said. The fingerprints of one of the men, however, do not match with his identity, a fact that led police to arrest him "until it is known exactly who he might be", the federal judge said. To uncover that, the magistrate ordered that DNA tests be performed next week to determine the identities of both men and to clarify if they are actually brothers registered separately with the same identity by their parents. The case arose when Argentina's state pension fund and retirement administration blocked the processing of a payment to Carlos M. because he was already previously registered in the entity's files. The man, ...
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