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Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens'

HonalD · 2012-02-22 22:25:44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAWonyQlfOg&feature=g-logo&context=G2bcaaabFOAAAAAAAAAA I don't speak Spanish but the video is interesting.

22-02-2012 10:25pm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAWonyQlfOg&feature=g-logo&context=G2bcaaabFOAAAAAAAAAA

I don't speak Spanish but the video is interesting.

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#2 23-02-2012 8:37am

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i couldnt make out what was happening...was it an explosion?

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#3 23-02-2012 8:55am

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This video give much clearer on what happening to the train. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBjbbxYNs_4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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#4 23-02-2012 9:30am

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That second vid is an old crash, or near identicle to one that happened last year...

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#5 23-02-2012 9:32am

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thats graphic alright...the first video is a different incident though surely?

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#6 23-02-2012 11:54am

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Train failed to stop at the end of the line at a major train station (called 'Once') in the city centre.

Hit the barriers at 12 or 16 mph (depending on which report you read) and folded up like paper. The rail unions are saying the brakes where checked the day before.

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#7 23-02-2012 12:05pm

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ah i was deceived by the stop-motion. It hit the buffer stops.The guy on the track was presumably he who was stood at the open door.

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