Photos: Buenos Aires train crash

 

At least 49 people were killed and 550 injured in a train crash at Once station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The incident occurred when two suburban commuter trains collided with a bus. Here are some photos from Once station after the crash.

 
February 22, 2012
 
 
 
Rescue workers help an injured passenger after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
 

Rescue workers help an injured passenger after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.

Photograph by: Hugo Villalobos, AFP/Getty Images

 
Rescue workers help an injured passenger after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
Police and rescue workers surround a train that crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
Rescue workers carry a passenger who was injured when a commuter train crashed into the Once train station during rush hour in Buenos Aires, February 22, 2012.
Police and rescue workers transport an injured person on a stretcher after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
Police and rescue workers surround a train that crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
Policemen block the entrance to the platform where a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
Police and rescue workers transport an injured person on a stretcher after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
Police and rescue workers transport an injured person on a stretcher after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012.
A view of the front of a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station during rush hour in Buenos Aires, February 22, 2012.
Rescue workers extract a passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012.
Commuters react inside the Once train station after a train crashed when its brakes failed at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012.
Commuters lie on stretchers after sustaining injuries when their train crashed into the Once station at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012. 550 people were injured and that passengers still trapped inside when the train's brakes failed.
Commuters lie on stretchers after sustaining injuries when their train crashed into the Once station at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012. Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi confirmed that 550 people were injured and that passengers were still trapped inside when the train's brakes failed.
Trapped passengers from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour are seen in a coach in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012.
Emergency workers take care of people injured after a commuter train plowed into the end of the line killing at least 49 people and leaving hundreds injured, police say.
Rescue workers carry a wounded passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012.
Trapped passengers from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour are seen in a coach in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012.
Rescue workers extract a passenger from a commuter train that crashed into the Once train station at rush hour in Buenos Aires February 22, 2012.
Passengers sit in the floor after a train crashed at Once train station in Buenos Aires on February 22, 2012. 49 people were killed and at least 550 were injured in the accident.
 
 
 
 
 

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