South African Train Crash

A commuter train crashed into a parked train in Soweto, South Africa. The moving train hit the stationary one from behind, throwing passengers from both trains out of the windows. They found people laying up to 200 meters away from the train with broken legs and other injuries. Metrorail, the runner of the trains, said that the collision caused 857 injuries. People were crawling over each other in attempt to escape the trains in case of fire. Luckily, only 25 of the injured are still in the hospital. The others left with minor injuries.



"Soweto, South Africa, Train Crash Injured Hundreds." BBC News. BBC, 20 May 2012. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.