On the Gotthard mountain route in Airolo TI were recorded on Tuesday morning, two railway workers from a train. One of the men died at the scene of the accident, the second was seriously flown injured in a hospital.

The two workers carried out along the railway tracks controls, such as the Ticino cantonal police announced at noon. They were recorded for unknown reasons, in front of the South portal of the Gotthard tunnel in the direction of the North-propelled composition of the regional rail company Tilo.

route locked

In the train were five people, according to police. The fatal accident SBB-railway worker was a 40-year-old Swiss. Be severely injured 39-year-old colleague, who is also Swiss.

According to the railway traffic information is locked, the Gotthard mountain route because of the accident between Göschenen UR and Airolo and expected to be completed in 14 o’clock. The regional Express trains from fall between Göschenen and Airolo, there are replacement buses. (Dec/sda)

Created: 05.02.2019, 14:01 PM