Train crash in Milan claimed lives of at least 3 people and injured around 10 more
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At least three people were killed and 10 seriously injured when a packed regional train derailed Thursday near Milan in northern Italy, emergency services said.
Hours after the crash, rescuers continued to search for passengers inside the wreckage. One of the carriages was lying across the track, bent almost at a right angle.
The six-carriage Trenord train left Cremona, a city about 90 kilometres southeast of Milan, at about 5.30am local time (4.30pm AEDT) and derailed at around 7am (6pm AEDT) near the suburban municipality of Pioltello.
About 100 other people sustained light injuries, Cristina Corbetta, an official with the regional emergency services in Milan, told Sky TG24.
She said the incident happened at around 7am near Segrate in Milan’s northeastern suburbs. The cause was not immediately clear.
Many of the passengers were travelling to work in Italy’s economic capital, or were students.
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