In the early hours of the morning it came close to the city centre of Ankara, to a serious train accident. A high-speed train was pushed with a locomotive. How it happened is unclear. At least nine people died, including a German. the
In the case of a serious train accident in the Turkish capital Ankara killed at least nine people and 47 injured. The transport Minister said Mehmet Cahit Turhan on TV. Among the dead was one of the drivers of a locomotive and two train drivers from a speeding train. 47 people had been injured. Among the dead was also a German is told, how the Foreign office. A high-speed train was engleist at 6.30 am (local time), because he was in collided with a locomotive, which ran on the same Track. Among the fatalities are three drivers.
The state-run news Agency Anadolu reported, a total of 206 people had been at the time of the accident on Board. When the clash released forces Wagons pushed almost vertically into the air and against a Transfer. The photos from the scene show. The design of the makers, apparently, Parts of Metal stock, broke, in part, on two wagons. The news Agency DHA reported that the Express train was driven prior to the collision with a speed of around 90 kilometers per hour.
pictures from the scene show two overturned cars, one of which is transverse to the tracks, and also from the tracks abgekommene heavy locomotive. The accident site is located close to the Station Marşandiz. First information and images according to which a plant is located there, among other things, for the maintenance of trains. It is located only a few kilometres to the West of the city centre of Ankara. According to the provincial Governor Şahin of the locomotive was for a check travel on the road.
Still open is the question of why two trains on the same Track went. The state news Agency Anadolu, the office of the public Prosecutor has initiated in Ankara an investigation.
train accidents in Turkey are not uncommon. 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.
