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| Italy train crash: At least 12 dead and dozens injured after two trains collide | |
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| At least a 12 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region of Italy, firefighters have said. | |
| The two trains were travelling on a single-track line when they crashed into each other between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta around 11.30 am local time. | |
| Emergency services are at the scene near the town of Andria and are trying to free passengers from the wrecked carriages. | |
| An image of the crash showed that the carriages had been badly damaged and forced off the rails at sharp angles, with debris strewn across either side of the tracks. | |
| "Some of the cars are completely crumpled and the rescuers are extracting people from the metal, many of them injured," Riccardo Zingaro, the chief of the local police in Andria, told ANSA at the scene. | |
| National police and carabinieri could not immediately provide details about the extent of the crash. | |
| A small child was rescued from the wreckage and taken to hospital in a helicopter. | |
| Italy's prime minister Matteo Renzi said the crash "is a moment of tears", and pledged not to stop until a cause is determined. | |
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