EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> A cargo train ploughed into a bus full of children in Argentina killing at least eight people.<br/> Six children between the ages of 10 to 12 and one adult died at the scene.<br/> A further child died later in hospital.<br/> They were heading to a religious retreat when the accident happened, near the small settlement of Zanjitas.<br/> The local mayor said it was an upsetting scene.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JORGE ANTUNEZ, MAYOR OF ZANJITAS, SAYING:<br/> "The truth is that the children were in a terrible state of shock and the first thing we tried to do was calm them down and transfer them to the hospital, because most of them had injuries, some serious."<br/> Local news outlets said 45 people were injured.<br/> Train accidents in Argentina are common, mostly around the capital Buenos Aires.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters