ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing nine people and injuring dozens, officials said. The high-speed train, which the Anadolu Agency said was carrying 206 passengers, usually passes through that station without stopping. Three engine drivers and six passengers were killed in the crash, Turhan said. In July, 24 people were killed and more than 70 injured when most of a passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey after torrential rains caused a section of the tracks to collapse. Last month, 15 people were injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Turkey’s central province of Sivas.

Source: Egypt Independent December 13, 2018 12:22 UTC