Four dead, 43 injured in Ankara train crash: governor

Map locating Ankara, site of deadly train crash Thursday.

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Four people have died after a high-speed train in the Turkish capital crashed into a locomotive carrying out routine checks on the same track, the Ankara governor said on Thursday.

Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters in televised remarks that “43 people were injured and unfortunately four of our citizens were found dead”, as the fast train was on its way to the central province of Konya.

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