In Pictures: Buenos Aires train disaster

Scores of passengers killed and hundreds injured after packed train crashes into barrier at Argentine station.

Argentina rail crash

A packed train has crashed into the end of the track in a Buenos Aires railway station, killing scores of morning commuters and injuring more than 500 others, Argentine officials say.

The passenger train came in too fast on Wednesday, hitting the barrier at the end of the platform at about 20km per hour, smashing the front of the engine and destroying the coaches behind it.

Source: News Agencies