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Two trains collide in Los Angeles 'Many injured' in LA train crash
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A US passenger train and a freight train have collided in the San Fernando Valley area close to Los Angeles. A number of people are feared injured after a passenger train and a freight train collided near Los Angeles, US officials say.
TV footage showed several cars of the derailed and emergency workers scouring the scene in the Chatsworth area. Local TV footage showed several coaches derailed and emergency workers scouring the scene in the Chatsworth area.
At least one car of the Metrolink passenger train was on its side, with rescuers working to gain access. "I'm sure there are a lot of injuries," Ron Haralson from the Los Angeles County Fire Department was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
There was no immediate word on whether anyone was hurt. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Aerial images of the crash scene showed several teams of workers using ladders to reach inside the passenger train.