12 dead, dozens injured after trains collide in Italy
Updated | By AFP
Footage online showed emergency services racing to extract people from the wreckage of two smashed carriages thrown across a single track near the town of Andria, near Bari.
The chief of the firefighting service in Bari said 10 people had been killed and dozens injured.
Riccardo Zingaro, head of traffic police in Andria says, "Some of the carriages are utterly crumpled and the rescue services are pulling people out, many are wounded."
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi interrupted a speech in Milan to say the country would "not stop until we know what happened".
"This is a moment for tears in which we need to work to recover the victims and wounded," he added.
Renzi said he was returning immediately to Rome following the crash.
Investigators said it was possible the collision was caused by human error.
One of the four-carriage trains was supposed to have waited at a station for a green light before heading down the single track between the towns of Corato and Andria.
Train collision took place in the southern #Puglia region of #Italy. Map showing the location. pic.twitter.com/IpN6Hfa3i7
— Mapsofworld News (@mownews) July 12, 2016
#Scontro tra #treni in #Puglia. Segui gli aggiornamenti in #diretta su #Rainews24 https://t.co/TWAIBBQzUy pic.twitter.com/I35BYy5WJZ
— Rainews (@RaiNews) July 12, 2016
Collision btw 2 trains #Puglia, #Italy: at least 11 dead, dozens injured https://t.co/uk6qZZgoHw pics via @RaiNews pic.twitter.com/SI5q962F1w
— Valeria Pannuti (@VPannuti) July 12, 2016
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