Baku-APA. At least 23 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a head-on collision between two trains in the south of Italy, according to rescuers at the scene, APA reports.
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Baku – APA. Twenty people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy on Tuesday, a regional official told reporters, Reuters reports.
The force of the impact crumpled carriages and sent debris flying into an olive grove that flanked the single stretch of track in countryside between the towns of Corato and Andria.
"Unfortunately the death toll has risen to 20," said Giuseppe Corrado, the deputy head of the local province. He appealed for blood donors to go to local hospitals.
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15:08
Baku – APA. At least 10 people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided in the middle of an olive grove in the southern heel of Italy, a spokesman for the fire brigade said, Reuters reported.
Police said the accident happened on a single stretch of track between the towns of Corato and Andria.
An aerial image showed train carriages were smashed and crumpled by the head-on collision, with debris spread out on either side of the track.
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