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Over 200 passengers injured in train crash near Johannesburg

MORE than 200 passengers were injured in a train collision in the east of South Africa’s financial centre Johannesburg today.

At least 226 people were taken to hospitals, “but most with minor injuries,” said Nana Radebe, spokeswoman for the city’s emergency management service.

No lives were lost at the Geldenhuis commuter train station, emergency response group ER24 said in a statement.

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