10 Killed, Many Injured as 2 Trains Collide in Italy
At least 10
people have been killed and dozens injured as two trains collided in Southern
Italy.
An aerial image
showed train carriages smashed and crumpled by the collision, with debris
spread out on both sides of the track.
No immediate
reason has been given for the collision, which took place at around (0930 GMT)
Tuesday, Guardian reports.
The two
four-carriage trains were travelling on a line with a single track and collided
in the middle of an olive grove in the countryside between the towns of Corato
and Andria.
“There are 10 dead and dozens injured. We are working with dozens of rescue teams to open up the carriages,” said Luca Cari, a fire service spokesman.
“The rescue is complicated because this happened in the middle of the countryside,”Cari said
News reports
said rescue workers were pulling victims from the rubble, including a small
child who was alive and taken to hospital by helicopter.
Italy’s Prime
Minister, Matteo Renzi, sent his condolences to the families of the victims. “We
will not stop until we have clarified what happened,” he said, after
cutting short a visit to Milan.
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