Two killed, 60 injured in Rome train crash
Two people were killed and about 60 others injured today when two underground trains collided during morning rush hour in a central Rome station.
Fire department spokesman Giorgio Alocci told Sky television that two people had died.
Italian news reports said the victims were a Nigerian woman in her 30s and the driver of one of the two trains.
Officials said one train was stopped in the station when it was hit from behind by another travelling at a high speed.
Some passengers said the driver of the second train appeared to have jumped a red light.
About 60 people were injured, including 10 seriously, said another Rome fire department spokesman, Luca Cari.
Television footage showed stunned and bloodied passengers being led out of the station, while onlookers watched from behind police lines.
Ambulances, firefighters and rescue teams rushed to the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II subway station, near Rome’s main railway station, after the crash soon after 9am local time. Rescue workers set up a field hospital nearby.
Firefighters had to free at least one more person trapped in the wreckage, Cari said.
“For now, we don’t know about any more people trapped, but we can’t rule it out,” Cari said.
