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| Trains collide in Algeria, multiple casualties reported (PHOTOS, VIDEO) | Trains collide in Algeria, multiple casualties reported (PHOTOS, VIDEO) |
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| At least one person has reportedly been killed and up to 60 have been injured after two trains collided in Boudouaou, Algeria, according to local media. | |
| According to reports, the trains were travelling in the same direction when they collided. | |
| "It's not a crash but a clash,” Yacine Bendjaballah, director of the National Society Algerian railway (SNTF) said. ”The two passenger trains were rolling in the same direction.” | "It's not a crash but a clash,” Yacine Bendjaballah, director of the National Society Algerian railway (SNTF) said. ”The two passenger trains were rolling in the same direction.” |
| Local TV channel Ennahar said one of the two conductors is dead, quoting the Civil Defense, and reported the trains were running between Algiers and Thenia. | |
| Injured passengers are being transported to hospital in Boumerdes. | |
| Photos and footage from the scene show passengers and first responders trying to free trapped passengers from the wreckage. | |
| Algeria’s transport minister Boujema Talai said the crash occurred when an express train and a normal speed train collided on the same track, Elbilad reports. | |
| Boudouaou is located on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Boumedes. |
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