Two passenger trains collided head on during the morning rush hour in South Africa's capital city Pretoria Tuesday, killing three people and injuring hundreds, emergency services said. Two critically injured people were airlifted from the scene of the crash in Mountain View, northern Pretoria, spokesman Charles Mabaso told AFP.

Another 641 people were hurt, with 11 sustaining critical injuries and 62 suffering "moderate" injuries. "The current fatalities stand at three, but it still might rise," said Mabaso. When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found carriages from both trains tilting half off the track.

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