Two Dead, 18 Injured In Italy Train Accident
Umer Jamshaid Published May 24, 2018 | 11:55 PM
ROME, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2018 ) :At least two people died and eighteen were injured in a train accident in the northwest Piedmont region of Italy, the country's emergency authorities said on Thursday.
The accident occurred when a regional train crashed into a heavy goods vehicle on Wednesday night while the truck remained stuck on the rail tracks, Xinhua news agency reported.
Both drivers of the train and the lorry were killed in the crash while 18 people including the train conductor were injured, said Italy's state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).
The crash occurred on a railway line connecting the cities of Turin and Ivrea, according to FS. Firefighters, emergency services, and the military police were called to the scene.
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