Two passenger trains
collided near Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing at least 4 people and injuring
70 others, local media reported.

Rescuers work at the site of trains collision in San Miguel, some 35 km northeast of Buenos Aires, Feb. 16, 2011. Two passenger trains collided near Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing at least 4 people and injuring 70 others, local media reported. (Xinhua/Juan Vittori)

Buenos Aires provincial
governor Daniel Scioli told reporters that at least 14 wounded passengers were
in serious conditions.

Earlier reports put the
casualties at three dead and 31 injuried.

The tragedy occurred
shortly before 9 p.m. local time in San Miguel, some 35 km northeast of the
capital, when a long-distance train crushed a local train from behind.

A local police spokesman
called the incident “catastrophic.”

Rescuers work at the site of trains collision in San Miguel, some 35 km northeast of Buenos Aires, Feb. 16, 2011. Two passenger trains collided near Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing at least 4 people and injuring 70 others, local media reported. (Xinhua/Juan Vittori)

Firefighters, police,
sanitary and medical workers have been working hard at the site to normalize the
situation as quickly as possible.

An investigation has been
underway to determine whether the incident was caused by a mechanical failure or
a human error.

This was the second train
collision in the past two months in Argentina. At least 51 people were wounded
in the previous incident in a district in the capital city on Dec. 31, last
year.

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