Tag: train collision

LRTA to probe train collision which injured more than 30 passengers

  (Eagle News) – The Light Rail Transit Authority is investigating the cause of a train collision between two trains of the LRT Line 2 in Quezon City which injured more than 30 people on Saturday evening. LRT Authority Spokeperson said that the investigation will include the LRT Line 2’s maintenance provider, emergency services, control center, and operation department. The collision happened near the Cubao and Anonas stations when the non-operational Train 13 moved at […]

Video: Egypt train collision kills at least 37: ministry

https://youtu.be/2E72VlS1STU   ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) — At least 37 people were killed as two trains collided Friday outside the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in one of the deadliest in a string of such accidents in Egypt, the health ministry said. The crash also injured 123 people, the ministry said in a statement. Footage on the state broadcaster showed one train had partly keeled over in the crash, and medics were seen moving the dead and […]

Mourners identify dead in Italy train collision

by Giovanni GREZZI with Ella IDE in Rome ANDRIA, Italy (AFP) — Relatives of victims of one of Italy’s worst rail accidents gathered to identify their dead Wednesday, as rescue workers at the scene of the head-on collision between two trains dismantled the wreckage in search of missing bodies. Shell-shocked families at the Policlinico hospital morgue in the southern Italy city of Bari were being called in turns to search among the dead for their […]

At least 22 killed in Italy head-on train collision

by Giovanni GREZZI with Ella IDE in Rome BARI, Italy (AFP) — At least 22 people were killed Tuesday and dozens injured in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the southern Italian region of Puglia, in one of the country’s worst rail accidents in recent years. Emergency services raced to extract people from the wreckage of smashed carriages thrown across a single track into olive groves near the town of Andria, in what […]

Ten dead as commuter trains collide in Germany

BAD AIBLING, Germany (AFP) — German authorities were on Tuesday investigating how two commuter trains collided head-on, leaving at least ten dead and dozens injured, despite having been fitted with automatic braking systems to prevent accidents. Media reports said human error was to blame for the high-speed crash near the southern spa town of Bad Aibling, where one of the trains sliced into the other, ripping a hole in its side. Rescuers were still searching […]