BUENOS AIRES, 17 Feb. At least four people have died and some 70 injured when two trains collide near San Miguel, in Argentina's Buenos Aires province (east). Apparently one of the two vehicles were stopped on the road and was hit by another, according to the Railway Operational Unit Emergency Management (UGOFE).
The accident occurred around 18.45 pm on Wednesday (22.45 in mainland Spain) where a long-distance train rolled Ferrobaires company to another in the San Martin line stood waiting to receive the signal to resume travel. UGOFE spokesman, Juan Pablo Thiwissen has ruled that the vehicles collided and the poor signage section and pointed to a failure of the driver of the second convoy as the cause of the event.
"We have checked that the track signals to function properly," he said. The last three carriages of the train rammed are completely overlapping. The fire chief of San Miguel, Oscar Ferrari, said the four dead were embedded in the outer wall between two cars and did not rule out that there may be more fatalities.
As for the wounded, so far emergency teams have been able to rescue a dozen people already receiving care. "Eleven persons in the Hospital of San Miguel Larcade and another in the Malvinas Argentinas, some of them underwent surgery," said Secretary of Health of Buenos Aires, Alejandro Collia.
However, UGOFE sources quoted by the agency Telam, said there is "more than 50 wounded," because many people are still trapped in the irons. Thus, the Ministry of Health has activated the alert level in hospitals in the area before the massive influx of wounded. For its part, the governor of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli, has moved to the scene to oversee rescue work, involving specialized units from the cities of Hurlingham, José Clemente Paz, Malvinas Argentinas, and Moreno Ituzaingó . 
The accident occurred around 18.45 pm on Wednesday (22.45 in mainland Spain) where a long-distance train rolled Ferrobaires company to another in the San Martin line stood waiting to receive the signal to resume travel. UGOFE spokesman, Juan Pablo Thiwissen has ruled that the vehicles collided and the poor signage section and pointed to a failure of the driver of the second convoy as the cause of the event.
"We have checked that the track signals to function properly," he said. The last three carriages of the train rammed are completely overlapping. The fire chief of San Miguel, Oscar Ferrari, said the four dead were embedded in the outer wall between two cars and did not rule out that there may be more fatalities.
As for the wounded, so far emergency teams have been able to rescue a dozen people already receiving care. "Eleven persons in the Hospital of San Miguel Larcade and another in the Malvinas Argentinas, some of them underwent surgery," said Secretary of Health of Buenos Aires, Alejandro Collia.
However, UGOFE sources quoted by the agency Telam, said there is "more than 50 wounded," because many people are still trapped in the irons. Thus, the Ministry of Health has activated the alert level in hospitals in the area before the massive influx of wounded. For its part, the governor of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli, has moved to the scene to oversee rescue work, involving specialized units from the cities of Hurlingham, José Clemente Paz, Malvinas Argentinas, and Moreno Ituzaingó .
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