Revadim, Israel ? A passenger train plowed into a coal truck Tuesday and sent three cars tumbling off the tracks in a sunflower field in southern Israel, killing seven people and injuring nearly 200 in one of Israel’s worst train accidents.

Israeli rescue workers examine the site of a train crash Tuesday near the village of Revadim. A passenger train collided with a truck on Tuesday afternoon, killing seven people and wounding nearly 200 others.

The cars were strewn around the field, far from main roads and cities. Dozens of passengers were thrown from the cars.

In a country traumatized by mass casualties after four years of Palestinian suicide bombings, officials emphasized that the collision was an accident, not a terror attack.

The coal truck the train hit weighed about 40 tons. Army Radio said the driver had been working for 30 hours straight. Police commanders said they had started an investigation.

At least 62 ambulances arrived at the scene near the village of Revadim, about 25 miles south of Tel Aviv. Helicopters arrived to help transport the injured, and rescuers climbed over the train seats in their efforts to pull out the survivors.

The passenger train, carrying 300 to 400 people from Tel Aviv to the southern city of Beersheba, was traveling as fast as 80 mph when it hit the truck. The crossing had no traffic light, said Avi Zohar, a Magen David Adom rescue service spokesman.