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               Current Event

                10/27/05

    

       On wenesday, two trains collided in South Africa. 44  Japanese passengers was on the    Blue Train and it was hit by the    Trans Karoos Express. There were only 10 injuries and miraculously no deaths.                       The driver of one train was critcally injured when it happened at 11:07 p.m.  The cause of the crash was believed to be that the Blue Train straied on the wrong track because of signal failure. The Blue Train was headed N. and the Express wasz headed S. Doctors were flown to the site were about 65 paramedics were also there.