Italy-Train Derailment

Train derailment in Italy kills at least three

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Milan, Italy - Jan 25, 2018
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2. Rescuers gathering near derailed train carriage
3. Various of rescue workers setting up warning rails

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A commuter train derailed in Italy's northern Lombardy region on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and five others seriously injured.

The train derailed at a switch track on the outskirts of Milan at around 07:00 local time, according to the Trenord regional railway company.

At least 350 commuters were on board the train, which was bound for Milan's Garibaldi station after leaving Cremona in the eastern Lombardy region shortly after 05:30.

By midday, local news sources reported that there had been three fatalities and that five others were in a critical condition.

Another eight people were hospitalized, and some 80 passengers who suffered minor injuries were treated by the Red Cross in the nearby town of Pioltello.

Firefighters worked on the scene to try and free passengers trapped in the debris, and all rescue operations were completed at around 10:00.

At least two carriages from the middle of the train were involved in the derailment, and pictures from the scene showed them partially upturned off the rails. According to passengers who shared testimonies with local media and on social media, the train started to tremble a few minutes before the incident occurred.

Some structural damage on a piece of track around two kilometers before the actual point of the incident was determined by technicians of Italy's state railway operator Rete Ferroviaria Italia (RFI).

RFI technicians also ruled out any malfunctioning in the switch tracks in Pioltello station.

Speaking to reporters at the scene, Milan police commissioner Marcello Cardona confirmed that "a material failure was pinpointed" and that an investigation had been launched.

Regional connections were halted in the morning, but fast trains between Milan and Venice in northeast Italy were not disrupted, according to officials.

This was the latest episode in a series of deadly incidents involving Italy's railway network. In 2016, two trains collided while traveling on a single track in the southeast Apulia region, leaving 23 people dead.

In 2009, some 32 people were killed when a cargo train carrying liquefied gas derailed in the Tuscan city of Viareggio at night, causing an explosion that engulfed the station and some blocks of apartments nearby.

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  • ID : 8071942
  • Dateline : Jan 25, 2018
  • Location : Milan,Italy
  • Category : disaster and accident
  • Duration : 1'29
  • Audio Language : Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2018-01-26 07:33
  • Last Modified : 2019-03-19 07:10:00
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8071942
  • Dateline : 25 ene. 2018
  • Location : Milan,Italia
  • Category : disaster and accident
  • Duration : 1'29
  • Audio Language : Nats
  • Source : Televisión Central de China
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
  • Published : 2018-01-26 13:04
  • Last Modified : 2019-03-19 07:10:00
  • Version : 1

Italy-Train Derailment

Train derailment in Italy kills at least three

Dateline : Jan 25, 2018

Location : Milan,Italy

Duration : 1'29

  • English
  • Español


Milan, Italy - Jan 25, 2018
1. Various of derailed train carriage, police officers, rescue workers
++NIGHT SHOTS++
2. Rescuers gathering near derailed train carriage
3. Various of rescue workers setting up warning rails


A commuter train derailed in Italy's northern Lombardy region on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and five others seriously injured.

The train derailed at a switch track on the outskirts of Milan at around 07:00 local time, according to the Trenord regional railway company.

At least 350 commuters were on board the train, which was bound for Milan's Garibaldi station after leaving Cremona in the eastern Lombardy region shortly after 05:30.

By midday, local news sources reported that there had been three fatalities and that five others were in a critical condition.

Another eight people were hospitalized, and some 80 passengers who suffered minor injuries were treated by the Red Cross in the nearby town of Pioltello.

Firefighters worked on the scene to try and free passengers trapped in the debris, and all rescue operations were completed at around 10:00.

At least two carriages from the middle of the train were involved in the derailment, and pictures from the scene showed them partially upturned off the rails. According to passengers who shared testimonies with local media and on social media, the train started to tremble a few minutes before the incident occurred.

Some structural damage on a piece of track around two kilometers before the actual point of the incident was determined by technicians of Italy's state railway operator Rete Ferroviaria Italia (RFI).

RFI technicians also ruled out any malfunctioning in the switch tracks in Pioltello station.

Speaking to reporters at the scene, Milan police commissioner Marcello Cardona confirmed that "a material failure was pinpointed" and that an investigation had been launched.

Regional connections were halted in the morning, but fast trains between Milan and Venice in northeast Italy were not disrupted, according to officials.

This was the latest episode in a series of deadly incidents involving Italy's railway network. In 2016, two trains collided while traveling on a single track in the southeast Apulia region, leaving 23 people dead.

In 2009, some 32 people were killed when a cargo train carrying liquefied gas derailed in the Tuscan city of Viareggio at night, causing an explosion that engulfed the station and some blocks of apartments nearby.

ID : 8071942

Published : 2018-01-26 07:33

Last Modified : 2019-03-19 07:10:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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