Lucy
12-07-2016, 12:02 PM
Italy train crash: 'Ten killed' near Bari
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Ten people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, reports say.
The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta.
Emergency services are trying to free passengers from the wrecked carriages near the town of Andria.
"I think there are many dead," local fire brigade commander Riccardo Zingaro told Rai TV.
Some of the carriages were badly damaged, he said. There were fears the number of deaths could rise further.
One of those rescued from the wreckage was a small child who was airlifted to hospital.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36774059
Surprising that in this day and age of modern technology that we still have head on collisions occurring on rail networks, according to the article work is underway to make it a double line but not soon enough for the poor people who passed away :(
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Ten people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, reports say.
The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta.
Emergency services are trying to free passengers from the wrecked carriages near the town of Andria.
"I think there are many dead," local fire brigade commander Riccardo Zingaro told Rai TV.
Some of the carriages were badly damaged, he said. There were fears the number of deaths could rise further.
One of those rescued from the wreckage was a small child who was airlifted to hospital.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36774059
Surprising that in this day and age of modern technology that we still have head on collisions occurring on rail networks, according to the article work is underway to make it a double line but not soon enough for the poor people who passed away :(