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Deaths feared in LA train crash Deadly train crash in Los Angeles
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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. 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.
Local TV footage showed several coaches derailed and emergency workers scouring the scene in the Chatsworth area. 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), officials said. 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. They battled a fire raging under one of the derailed carriages.
Aerial images of the crash scene showed several teams of rescuers using ladders to reach inside the passenger train to pull the injured people. The Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department told AP at least two people had died.
A number of injured people were airlifted to hospital, reports say. More than 20 people are feared to have been injured, 10 of them seriously, officials say.
Others were moved away from the trains and treated near the scene. 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.