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News24 reports that one person has been confirmed dead, while around 55 have been left injured after two trains collided in Elandsfontein in Ekurhuleni on Thursday morning.
Paramedics along with several other services arrived on the scene and found several carriages of the trains leaning to their side, ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said. Numerous passengers were found seated inside the train as well as walking around on the scene. Paramedics discovered that one of the drivers of the trains had sustained fatal injuries. The injured were taken to various hospitals in the area and authorities were on the scene for further investigations. Metrorail confirmed that 55 people had been injured. Train services were severely disrupted between Germiston and Kempton Park, while all train services had been halted between Pretoria and Germiston.
- Read this report by Nation Nyoka in full at News24
- See too, Elandsfontein train crash leaves one dead, at eNCA
- And also, Metrorail suspects cable theft the cause of train crash, at EWN
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