Trains brought to a standstill following fatal train accident at Elandsfontein
Paramedics set up a staging area while local authorities began to divert traffic from the area.
A train driver man was killed and about 50 others injured this morning when a train rear-ended another at the Elandsfontein Railway Station just outside Kempton Park.
ER24 paramedics, along with several other services, arrived on the scene and found numerous carriages of the trains leaning to their sides. Numerous passengers were found seated inside the train as well as walking around on the scene, said Russel Meiring of ER24.
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Paramedics set up a staging area while local authorities began to divert traffic from the area.
Upon closer inspection, paramedics discovered that one of the drivers of the trains had sustained fatal injuries.
About 50 other patients were found on the scene with injuries ranging from minor to moderate. Paramedics treated the patients and transported them to various hospitals.
According to Metrorail the power of all four lines between Kempton Park and Germiston are off, bringing all trains to a standstill.
