Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Head On Train Collision Leaves 20 Dead In Italy.

   This photograph, taken from an Italian Fire Brigade helicopter, show the aftermath of the crash in countryside near Andria
At least 20 people are reported dead and several injured in a head on train collision in Southern Italy in a countryside between Andria and Corato in the Puglia region,the  train track has only one line, the collision may have occurred due to either a signalling error or a mistake by one of the drivers, both of whom are thought to have been killed.  more Photos


   Firefighters work at the site where two passenger trains collided in the middle of an olive grove near the town of Corato in southern Italy
  Images from the scene show the carriages crumpled and smashed. Clearly there were many casualties
 The crash appeared to have happened in an olive grave on a sunny morning in the Italian countryside
  Police officers are shown as the scene of the crash. The entire line is in the midst of being converted to double track but this section is still single track, meaning one train has to wait for a green signal
     The Italian Fire Brigade working at the crash site where two trains collided on a single-track stretch between Ruvo di Puglia and Corato
  The Mayor of Corato, Massimo Mazzilli, visited the site of the crash and took this photographs
  At least 12 people are believed to have been killed when these two trains collided. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi interrupted a speech in Milan to say the country would 'not stop until we know what happened'
             A firefighter looks out from the inside of one of the wrecked train carriages

  The Italian fire brigade managed to rescue a boy from one of the carriages but the death toll is due to rise

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