10 die in head-on freight train crash
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June 17, 2010, Thursday
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TWO cargo trains collided in Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, including illegal migrants hitching rides, the state prosecutor's office said.
The crash occurred after a faulty track change in the early morning hours in the western state of Sinaloa.
"Someone didn't change the tracks correctly," said Martin Gastelum, spokesman for Sinaloa's public prosecutor's office. "Ten died. The majority are undocumented (migrants) and the train operators are hurt. There are five people injured," he said.
One of the trains was carrying tons of corn, which was strewn all over the wreckage.
"They are still searching to see if there are bodies buried under the corn," Gastelum said.
Each year hundreds of migrants from Central America risk their lives to illegally cross the border into the United States.
The crash occurred after a faulty track change in the early morning hours in the western state of Sinaloa.
"Someone didn't change the tracks correctly," said Martin Gastelum, spokesman for Sinaloa's public prosecutor's office. "Ten died. The majority are undocumented (migrants) and the train operators are hurt. There are five people injured," he said.
One of the trains was carrying tons of corn, which was strewn all over the wreckage.
"They are still searching to see if there are bodies buried under the corn," Gastelum said.
Each year hundreds of migrants from Central America risk their lives to illegally cross the border into the United States.
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