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20 May 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 06:15 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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Many of the injured were treated at the scene<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More than 850 people have been injured in a train crash during Thursday’s evening rush hour in the South African township of Soweto in Johannesburg, the train operator Metrorail has said.<\/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

Three of the casualties were in a critical condition, officials said.<\/p>\n

It is reported to be one of the biggest such rail incidents for years.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) said it was investigating the cause of the crash, which occurred at 1750 local time (1350 GMT).<\/p>\n

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Local television news pictures showed casualties being treated at the scene by medics – some of them tended to by torchlight.<\/p>\n

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It was horrible, I saw people with broken legs, others had cracked their temples\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Metrorail, which is responsible for running the trains and is heading the salvage operation, told the BBC that 857 people had been injured in the accident.<\/p>\n

Medical rescue official Jeff Wicks told the Sapa news agency there had been “chaos” at the scene.<\/p>\n

“We had people who were sprayed 200m around the trains… on arrival, paramedics found passengers from both trains lying on the track,” he said.<\/p>\n

According to Pretoria News, people lay groaning in the dark, with some waiting more than an hour before being transported to hospital.<\/p>\n

Synock Matobako, a spokesman for the emergency services, said they had had to request more ambulances due to the number of casualties.<\/p>\n

“This is the biggest incident in recent years, even though no one has died. People sustained serious multiple injuries.”<\/p>\n

One of the passengers, Gladwell Ntusi, described hearing a loud bang followed by screams.<\/p>\n

“People were screaming, some jumped out of the windows.<\/p>\n

“It was horrible, I saw people with broken legs, others had cracked their temples. It was not a nice scene,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n

The Metrorail train had been travelling between Mzimhlophe and Phomolong in Soweto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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