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| Deaths feared in LA train crash | |
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| At least two people are reported dead and many injured after a passenger train and a freight train collided near Los Angeles, US officials say. | |
| Local TV footage showed several coaches 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. |
| "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. | "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. |
| The cause of the accident was not immediately known. | The cause of the accident was not immediately known. |
| Dozens of firefighters rushed to the scene of the accident, which happened at 1632 local time on Friday (2332 GMT), officials said. | |
| They battled a fire raging under one of the derailed carriages. The Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department told AP at least two people had died. | |
| Aerial images of the crash scene showed several teams of rescuers using ladders to reach inside the passenger train to pull the injured people. | |
| A number of injured people were airlifted to hospital, reports say. | |
| Others were moved away from the trains and treated near the scene. |