The high-speed train together and bounced with a maintenance locomotive. According to the authorities, in the serious train accident, at least four people were killed and 43 more were injured.
This is the Governor of Ankara, Vasip Sahin said on Thursday morning in front of television cameras. According to media reports, derailed the Express train and crashed at the station Marsandiz on the edge of town in a Flyover.
parts of the Transfer broke on two of the wagons. Pictures showed overturned cars, torn metal and feverish rescue work. Several ambulances were sent to the site.
The q train from Ankara to Konya on the way. Marsandiz is not a bustling big city Station. First information and images that are, among other things, a system for the maintenance of trains.
How fast the train was traveling, remained unclear. Also why at the same time two trains on the same tracks were allowed to take part, not able to answer the authorities. The state news Agency Anadolu, the office of the public Prosecutor has initiated in Ankara an investigation.
Not uncommon
it was Only in July were killed in a serious accident in North-West Turkey at least 24 people were killed. More than 300 people had to be injured in hospitals. The train with 362 passengers on Board was derailed after the rains had washed away the track bed.
Turkey wants the media to modernise according to reports, their high-speed rail network, and hopes to investments from Germany. (anf/sda)
Created: 13.12.2018, 06:30 PM
