UPDATE: One killed and 241 treated in Denver crash
At least one man has been killed and 241 injured this morning when two trains collided at the Denver train station in Johannesburg South.
After a horrific train crash in Denver early on Monday morning, April 28, paramedics, along with various services, arrived on the scene and found the wreck trains blocking the tracks completely. Bent metal and parts of the train had been spread across the scene.
According to ER24 Spokesperson Russel Meiring, “The driver of one of the trains had sustained fatal injuries in the collision. Nothing more could be done for the patient and he was declared dead on scene.”
At least eighty other patients were found on scene with injuries ranging from minor to critical. One woman was found trapped between the train and wall.
Rescue services and paramedics worked to free the patient from the wreckage before treatment could continue.
Once freed, paramedics provided the patient with advanced life support and thereafter transported her by the medical helicopter to a nearby hospital for urgent medical treatment.
The other patients that were found on scene were moved to a nearby platform where they were triaged and treated for their injuries.
Once the patients are treated for their injuries, they will be transported to nearby hospitals for urgent medical treatment.
The cause of the collision is not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
Meanwhile the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng believes that the tragedy, allegedly 
caused by ailing signalling systems, would have been avoided if the Passenger Rail of South Africa (PRASA) agency – instead of fumbling, paid attention to the shocking conditions of rail infrastructure.
DA Gauteng Shadow Member of Executive Committee (MEC) for Roads and Transport, Dr Neil Campbell MPL shared his sympathies with commuters who were injured in this morning’s train collision at the Denver railway station.
Campbell said, “Gauteng, already under severe constraint from e-tolls and rising fuel prices, cannot afford for its rail network to collapse.
“If it does, many poor and working class people will be left stranded and possibly retrenched.”
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