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Argentina Train Crash

Over 600 injured in Buenos Aires crash.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood pressed flesh to flesh, sandwiched between bicycles and the few seats, many without so much as a strap to hold onto.

This train didn't lurch, though. It had trouble stopping at all, overshooting platform after platform and missing at least one station entirely as it rushed toward the end of the line.

The train didn't come to a halt until it had slammed into a metal barrier at Buenos Aires' Once station. With eight cars carrying a mass of steel and humanity — more than 1,200 people on board — the momentum was devastating. Forty-nine people were killed and 600 were injured.

Argentina Train Crash

A wounded passenger waits to be rescued from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police. (AP Photo/Anibal Greco)

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Argentina Train Crash

Wounded passengers wait to be carried away from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. (AP Photo/Anibal Greco)

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Argentina Train Crash

Paramedics carry away a wounded passenger from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police. (AP Photo/Anibal Greco)

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Argentina Mass Casualty: Over 400 Injured in Train Crash at Busy Commuter Station

Argentina Train Crash

Injured passengers from a commuter train wait to be carried away after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)

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Argentina Mass Casualty: Over 400 Injured in Train Crash at Busy Commuter Station

Argentina Train Crash

Injured passengers from a commuter train wait to be carried away after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)

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Argentina Mass Casualty: Over 400 Injured in Train Crash at Busy Commuter Station

Argentina Train Crash

Firemen rescue wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)

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Argentina Mass Casualty: Over 400 Injured in Train Crash at Busy Commuter Station

Argentina Train Crash

A policeman helps carry a wounded passenger from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, according to police. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)

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Argentina Mass Casualty: Over 400 Injured in Train Crash at Busy Commuter Station

Argentina Train Crash

Paramedics carry away wounded passengers from a commuter train after a collision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012. A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, injuring over 300 morning commuters, Argentina's transportation secretary said. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)

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