{"id":427569,"date":"2011-05-20T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T10:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/20\/more-than-850-injured-in-soweto-rail-crash\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T10:10:18","slug":"more-than-850-injured-in-soweto-rail-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/more-than-850-injured-in-soweto-rail-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 850 Injured in Soweto Rail Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"16.7166535122\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buanews.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BuaNews<\/a> (Tshwane)<\/p>\n<p>20 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Pretoria \u2014 The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is investigating the passenger train collision which took place in Soweto yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>A team of the RSR&#8217;s inspectors were at the scene of the collision which took place at approximately 5.50 pm.<\/p>\n<p>A Metrorail train which was travelling from Mzimhlophe Station, towards Phomolong station in Orlando, collided with a stationary Soweto Business Express train.<\/p>\n<p>The collision resulted in 857 people injured. No fatalities have been reported. The injured were assisted by emergency services at the scene while others were taken to nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Commuters using the Soweto Business Express 2 will be greatly affected as the train will be out of operation until further notice. Commuters are therefore requested to make alternative arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105200285.html\" title=\"More Than 850 Injured in Soweto Rail Crash\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Than 850 Injured in Soweto Rail Crash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BuaNews (Tshwane) 20 May 2011 Pretoria \u2014 The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is investigating the passenger train collision which took place in Soweto yesterday. 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