[WATCH] Germiston train collision leaves scores injured
Approximately 200 commuters were left injured after two Metrorail trains collided at the Geldenhuis Station in Germiston on Tuesday morning.
An train, which officials say was authorised to move into the station, crashed into a stationary train at the Geldenhuys platform.
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's (Prasa) Lillian Mofokeng says two-hundred-and-twenty-six commuters were injured with no fatalities.
JUST IN: #TrainCrash #Geldenhuis #GeldenhuisTrainCrash Metrorail spokesperson Lilian Mofokeng has just confirmed 226 people have been injured.
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The scene has since been cleared and opened for forensic tests to determine the cause of the collision.
#TrainCrash #GeldenhuisTrainCrash #Geldenhuis Mofokeng giving more details over the train crash. pic.twitter.com/f8oSDATVUK
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ER24's Russel Meiring says most of the injured were found waking around the scene or sitting on the platform.
#TrainCrash Paramedics are transporting injured people from the platform to be treated. pic.twitter.com/u1zOTMuVgD
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This is the second train accident in the past two weeks. A Shosholoza Meyl train crashed with a truck in Kroonstad last week Thursday. The collision claimed the lives of at least 19 people and injured 160 people.
#Geldenhuis #GeldenhuisTrainCrash #TrainCrash The scene has now been opened to forensics. All injured have been taken to hospital. pic.twitter.com/aKX4XR63e6
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#TrainCrash #GeldenhuisTrainCrash #Geldenhuis one of the injured victims who's waiting to be seen by a Doctor. pic.twitter.com/VubkE4lE00
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