ROME - Two people were killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a rig truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media said Thursday. "According to early information, the driver of the train was killed and many other passengers have been injured," the statement added. At the time of the accident he was in a van accompanying the heavy goods vehicle, other media reported. According to La Stampa newspaper, eyewitnesses said the vehicle, which was registered in Lithuania, was a particularly large and heavy truck. In July 2016 a collision between two trains in the south of Italy left 23 people dead and 52 others injured.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2018 07:41 UTC