High-speed passenger train derails in northern Italy, killing two railway workers and injuring 27
A handout photograph taken and released by the Italian police on February 6, 2020 shows a derailed train outside the city of Lodi near Milan, northern Italy.
Italian authorities say a high-speed passenger train has derailed in northern Italy, killing two railway workers and injuring 27 people. Civil Protection chief Angelo Borrelli has told state radio that the state-railway train went off the rails, striking another train on adjacent tracks in the countryside near the town of Lodi. He says one of the dead was a train engineer.Borrelli said the high-speed state railways train had departed from Milan at 0410GMT and was headed south to Bologna when it derailed.
Borrelli said two of the injured were in serious condition, while the other 25 were less seriously injured. The passenger train is part of a popular high-speed rail service known as Freccia Rossa, or Red Arrow service. The cause of the crash is under investigation.Source: TRTWorld and agencies
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