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| Two metro trains collide in Rome | Two metro trains collide in Rome |
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| Two people were killed and about 60 injured when two metro trains collided during the morning rush in Rome, officials say. | Two people were killed and about 60 injured when two metro trains collided during the morning rush in Rome, officials say. |
| The crash took place at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II station in the centre of the Italian capital. The trains were travelling on metro line A. | The crash took place at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II station in the centre of the Italian capital. The trains were travelling on metro line A. |
| The square above has been cordoned off. Police and firemen are at the scene. | The square above has been cordoned off. Police and firemen are at the scene. |
| Passengers said the crash happened when one train arriving at the station crashed into the back of another. | Passengers said the crash happened when one train arriving at the station crashed into the back of another. |
| One of the dead is said to be a 30-year-old woman, while the other is the driver of the second train, says the BBC's Christian Fraser at the crash site in Rome. | |
| Some 250 people have been treated on the scene and 35 are seriously injured, our correspondent says. | |
| Lights at the station have gone out, and there is a lot of dust and smoke, making rescue efforts difficult. The ceiling at the station has also collapsed on top of the two trains, he adds. | |
| Passengers were still stuck in some of the cars. | |
| "We are working to free people who are still trapped in the metal wreckage. Our aim at the moment is to save lives," fire brigade officer Luca Cari told Reuters news agency. | |
| 'Train was getting closer' | |
| The two underground trains were travelling at slow speed when they crashed at around 0930 (0730 GMT), one stop away from the mainline train terminus in Rome, reports say. | |
| One train was stopped at the station platform to let passengers get off when the second train crashed into it from the back, leaving its front carriage concertinaed, passengers said. | |
| "I saw the train in front and it seemed as though it was getting closer and closer to us and nothing was happening," Fabbiano De Santis told Italian television. | "I saw the train in front and it seemed as though it was getting closer and closer to us and nothing was happening," Fabbiano De Santis told Italian television. |
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| "I realised there was going to be an impact and so I managed to move forward in the carriage and I saw the train came towards me. It was a very strong impact." | |
| Italian television showed images of victims being carried out on stretchers while other passengers emerged looking dazed. Some were spattered with blood. | Italian television showed images of victims being carried out on stretchers while other passengers emerged looking dazed. Some were spattered with blood. |
| "We saw people streaming out of the entrance to the tube station," Francesco Quirinis, a porter with the Hotel Napoleon, opposite the metro entrance, told the BBC News website. | |
| "They looked shocked, disorientated, they were supporting each other. The police, ambulances - everyone was on the scene within 10 minutes and they immediately blocked off the piazza. There was a continuous coming and going of ambulances for about an hour after the crash. | |
| "We gave them bottles of water, a place to sit down. We did all we could to help them - as anyone would." | |
| "When I arrived at the scene of the crash and saw it, it was difficult to describe. It is a terrible tragedy," the city's mayor, Walter Veltroni, told Italian television. | |
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