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Eight dead after Rio train crash Eight dead after Rio train crash
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At least eight people have been killed and 60 injured after two trains collided in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rescue services say. At least eight people have been killed and more than 80 injured after two trains collided in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rescue services say.
"There are several corpses and several people injured," a fire brigade spokesman said. The collision occurred about 200m from Austin station in the northern suburb of Nova Iguacu at 1600 (1900 GMT).
The collision took place about 200m from Austin station in the suburb of Nova Iguacu at 1600 (1900 GMT). All passengers have been freed from the wreckage, but officials say the death toll could rise.
Brazilian TV showed at least one carriage on its side and rescue workers were trying to save people inside. One train - empty apart from crew - was changing tracks at the time, said a spokesman for train company Supervia.
One of the trains involved - believed to be empty - was changing tracks at the time of the crash, said Joao Gouveia, a spokesman for the train's operator, Supervia. Joao Gouveia, Supervia operational director, said the driver of that train was unhurt in the incident.
The other, which had left Rio's central station, was packed with at least 800 passengers, Mr Gouveia said. But the driver of the other train - a passenger train that had departed from Rio's central station almost an hour earlier - was injured and sent to hospital, Mr Gouveia said.
Civil defence official Souza Filho Brazil's Globo Television the priority of emergency workers was "to pull people still alive from the coaches". The passenger train had left Rio's central station packed with at least 800 passengers, Mr Gouveia said.
The crash occurred when the passenger train, travelling at more than 80km/h (50mph) slammed into the empty train as it was slowly changing tracks.
Some passengers had to be released by rescue workers using blowtorches to cut through twisted metal.
Marcos de Souza, from Posse Hospital in Nova Iguacu, said more than 20 people injured in the crash had been taken to the hospital.Marcos de Souza, from Posse Hospital in Nova Iguacu, said more than 20 people injured in the crash had been taken to the hospital.
Local media reported that two of those killed were members of the train's crew, but Supervia denied this.