One person was killed and over 100 injured on Monday afternoon after two passenger trains collided on the Thembisa line near Kaalfontein, east of Johannesburg.
ER24 paramedics, along with numerous other services, arrived on the scene and found that the two trains had collided head-on. Numerous occupants had already begun to climb out of the train and were now scattered around the scene.
On further inspection, paramedics discovered a body lying trapped inside the wreckage. Unfortunately, nothing more could be done and the patient was declared dead on the scene.
Emergency services on scene immediately set up a triage area so the patients for be effectively assessed and treated.
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