100 injured in South Africa train accident

The ER24 paramedics said Tuesday that some 100 people have been injured in a train collision near the South African city of Johannesburg.

“Approximately 100 people have left injured this morning following a collision between two passenger trains in the Eloff extension in Selby, south of Johannesburg … Fortunately, no serious injuries or fatalities were found.

“The patients were treated for their injuries and were thereafter transported by several services to nearby hospital,” the paramedics said in a statement.

The details of the incident are not yet known, local authorities are on the scene.

In January, 226 people were injured in a train collision in the city of Germiston.