Death toll climbs after trains collide head-on in southern ItalyAt least 20 people have died and dozens are injured after two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy on Tuesday. At least 22 people have died and dozens more are injured after two passenger trains collided at high speed in southern Italy, sending debris flying into surrounding olive groves. "It looks like there has been a plane crash," said the mayor of Corato, Massimo Mazzilli. The crash happened at around 11.30am (9.30pm NZ Time) on a fiercely hot summer's day. There was no immediate indication of what had caused one of Italy's worst train disasters in recent years, but the government promised a full and swift investigation.

Source: Stuff July 12, 2016 11:32 UTC