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| At least 20 killed as two trains collide in southern Italy | |
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| Two trains have collided head-on in southern Italy, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens. | |
| The crash happened on a single stretch of track running through an olive grove between the towns of Corato and Andria in Puglia. Both trains were made up of four carriages. | |
| “We are working with dozens of rescue teams to open up the carriages,” said Luca Cari, a spokesman for the fire brigade, adding they had saved a young boy from the wreckage. “The rescue is complicated because this happened in the middle of the countryside.” | “We are working with dozens of rescue teams to open up the carriages,” said Luca Cari, a spokesman for the fire brigade, adding they had saved a young boy from the wreckage. “The rescue is complicated because this happened in the middle of the countryside.” |
| Puglia regional officials said 20 people were dead and dozens injured, some seriously. Video images showed ambulances responding to the scene with other rescue workers. | |
| The trains were travelling on a single-track line and collided at about 11.30am on a hot summer’s day. | |
| An aerial image showed train carriages smashed and crumpled by the collision, with debris spread out on either side of the track into the olive grove. Just four carriages were left standing upright on the rails. A fifth had jumped off the tracks while the other three units appeared pulverised. “It looks like there has been a plane crash,” said the mayor of Corato, Massimo Mazzilli. | An aerial image showed train carriages smashed and crumpled by the collision, with debris spread out on either side of the track into the olive grove. Just four carriages were left standing upright on the rails. A fifth had jumped off the tracks while the other three units appeared pulverised. “It looks like there has been a plane crash,” said the mayor of Corato, Massimo Mazzilli. |
| There was no immediate reason given for the collision. “We won’t stop until we get a clear explanation over what happened,” the Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, told reporters, cutting short a visit to Milan to return to Rome. | There was no immediate reason given for the collision. “We won’t stop until we get a clear explanation over what happened,” the Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, told reporters, cutting short a visit to Milan to return to Rome. |
| The stretch of track is operated by regional rail company Ferrotramviaria. It was not clear how many people had been on the trains. | The stretch of track is operated by regional rail company Ferrotramviaria. It was not clear how many people had been on the trains. |
| The last major rail disaster in Italy was in 2009 when a freight train derailed in Viareggio, in the centre of the country, with more than 30 people living close to the tracks killed in the subsequent fire. | The last major rail disaster in Italy was in 2009 when a freight train derailed in Viareggio, in the centre of the country, with more than 30 people living close to the tracks killed in the subsequent fire. |