9 dead, 47 injured in train accident in Ankara – Turkey
A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 47 others, including three in critical condition, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan said.
The train was en route from Ankara to the central Turkish city of Konya.
Şahin said the high-speed train crashed into an engine that was checking the tracks at a station in Ankara, adding that after the crash an overpass also collapsed onto some of the train cars.
“Our hope is that there are no other victims,” he said.
Rescue work is still ongoing. Some of the injured were taken to hospital.
Prosecutors have launched an investigation into the crash.
Source: Daily Sabah
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