{"id":94738,"date":"2015-07-17T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/94738\/train-passengers-injured-in-booysens-collision\/"},"modified":"2015-07-17T20:59:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:59:00","slug":"train-passengers-injured-in-booysens-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/uncategorized\/2015\/07\/17\/train-passengers-injured-in-booysens-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Near 100 injured in Booysens train crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of passengers were injured this evening (Friday July 17) after two trains collided at the Booysens train station.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from ER24 spokesperson \u00a0Russel Meiring said two trains collided and one train derailed.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Patients were found all over the place with injuries ranging from minor to serious,&#8221; said Meiring.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of accident is not yet know, however, local authorities were on the scene for further investigation.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Also Read:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/southerncourier.co.za\/60823\/denver-station-trains-collided\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Station: Trains collided<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TrainCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrainCrash<\/a> These commuters say they no longer trust the trains. One woman says this is second crash she has been in. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jcetrQJQvu\">pic.twitter.com\/jcetrQJQvu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ewnreporter\/status\/622104874017267712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TrainCrash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrainCrash<\/a> Eyewitness has told EWN two trains collided. He says one train was stationary when another crashed into them. ML<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ewnreporter\/status\/622091535325233152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f3b234429025ae8ac1d316583a794194'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is believed close to 100 people were injured when a train crashed in Booysens on Friday evening, July 17. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":641,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/641"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}