00:18 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMore than 300 people have been injured in a train crash during the evening rush hour in the South African township of Soweto in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said a commuter train hit a stationary train from behind and that the force threw some of the passengers through the windows.<\/p>\n
At least two of the casualties were reported to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n
Officials said it was one of the biggest such incidents on the railways in South Africa for years.<\/p>\n
Local television news pictures showed casualties being treated at the scene by medics – some of them tended to by torchlight.<\/p>\n
“About 300 people have been injured, we have requested more ambulances to help transport people to hospitals,” said Synock Matobako, a spokesman for the emergency services.<\/p>\n
Two people had been airlifted to hospital, he said.<\/p>\n
“This is the biggest incident in recent years, even though no one has died. People sustained serious multiple injuries.”<\/p>\n
The train had been travelling between Mzimhlophe and Phomolo in Soweto during the evening rush hour.<\/p>\n
One of the passengers, Gladwell Ntusi, described hearing a loud bang followed by screams.<\/p>\n
“It was horrible, I saw people with broken legs, other had cracked their temples. It was not a nice scene,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n
An investigation has now been opened into the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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