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Deadly train crash in Los Angeles | |
(30 minutes later) | |
At least two people have died and more than 20 are feared hurt in a collision between a passenger train and a freight train in California, officials say. | |
Several coaches were derailed, and rescuers are scouring the scene in the Chatsworth area, north of Los Angeles. | |
"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), US 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. | |
More than 20 people are feared to have been injured, 10 of them seriously, officials say. | |
Aerial images of the crash scene showed several teams of rescuers using ladders to reach inside the Metrolink passenger train to pull the injured people. | |
A number of injured people were treated near the scene, while some were airlifted to hospital, and there are fears that the death toll will rise further. | |
The passenger train was travelling from Los Angeles to Moorpark, north-west of the city, a Metrolink spokeswoman said. | |
Up to 350 people could have been on the train, she said. |