PHOTOS: Horrific #ShosholozaMeyl train crash

ER24, and other services, on the scene of a train accident between Hennenman and Kroonstad, in the Free State.

Picture: ER24/Twitter

Reports from the train collision in the Free State show that four people have sustained fatal injuries, ER24 tweeted.

ER24, and other services, on scene of a train accident between Hennenman and Kroonstad, FS. Initial reports of approximately 100 patients. Further updates to follow. @ewnupdates @eNCA @OFMNews9497 @jour_maine @SABCNewsOnline @_ArriveAlive @JacaNews

— ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd. (@ER24EMS) January 4, 2018

Photo: @OFMNews9497 Twitter

Four people have died and around 40 have been injured in a collision involving a train and a truck in Kroonstad in the Free State, according to news reports.

Spokesman Tebogo Magoro, Netcare 911 spokesman confirmed the fatalities.

Photo: @OFMNews9497-Twitter: Reports of at least four deaths in Free State train crash.

According to a passenger the train was travelling from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg when the truck could not brake and hit the first and second carriage.

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“Those with serious injuries are being transported by Netcare 911 and other services to hospital,” said Magoro.