60 injured in US light-rail collision
July 19th, 2009 - 7:52 am ICT by IANSWasington, July 19 (DPA) At least 60 people were injured when two light-rail trains collided at a station in San Francisco Saturday, local media reported.
One train slammed into the back of another train standing at a platform at about 3 p.m., the CBS 5 television news reported.
The front car of the train that drove into the other train was smashed in and its windshield shattered, reports said.
At least three people were seriously injured, a transit spokeswoman was quoted as saying. Dozens more were treated on the scene and in hospital.
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