© @ER24EMS Several carriages were overturned when emergency services arrived At least 100 people were injured, Russel Meirin, spokesman for emergency medical care organisation ER24 said.
Four people are believed to have been killed and hundreds injured after a train hit a lorry in South Africa, paramedics said.
The passenger train crashed into the lorry and a car in between Hennenman and Kroonstad in the country's Free State at about 9.15am local time (11.15am GMT) on Thursday.
Tebogo Magoro, spokesman for Netcare911, said: "40 passengers are reported to be injured with four fatalities confirmed at this stage."
The passenger train crashed into the lorry and a car in between Hennenman and Kroonstad in the country's Free State at about 9.15am local time (11.15am GMT) on Thursday.
Tebogo Magoro, spokesman for Netcare911, said: "40 passengers are reported to be injured with four fatalities confirmed at this stage."
"Provincial fire and medical services were the first to arrive on the scene, finding that several carriages were lying on the side," he added.
"A fire had broken out in one of the carriages and had begun to spread."
The train, owned by long-distance rail service Shosholoza Meyl, was reportedly full of people going on holiday from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg.
"A fire had broken out in one of the carriages and had begun to spread."
The train, owned by long-distance rail service Shosholoza Meyl, was reportedly full of people going on holiday from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg.
© Other Firefighters battle the flames after the accident Train passenger Tiaan Esterhuizen said the train was "blowing its horn for a long time" before the crash.
"We were in the restaurant section of the train eating breakfast when we felt a jerk and soon after the train came to a standstill.
"Some of the people told me afterward they heard the train blowing its horn for a long time before the accident happened.
"We took the train because we thought it would be safer than being on the roads."
"We were in the restaurant section of the train eating breakfast when we felt a jerk and soon after the train came to a standstill.
"Some of the people told me afterward they heard the train blowing its horn for a long time before the accident happened.
"We took the train because we thought it would be safer than being on the roads."
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