9 people have been killed and 50 others injured in a train accident near Kutahya
A passenger train derailed in Kutahya early Sunday, killing at least 9 people and injuring 50, possibly due to ice on the tracks and weather condition. It was the Turkey`s 5th major rail accident in less than 4 years. It was not immediately clear how many passengers were aboard at the time of the accident.
The bodies of nine passengers were recovered so far and at least 50 others were injured.
Star and ATV television put the injury toll at 50. Railway authorities suspected that the train might have been derailed at a turn because of ice on the tracks
In November 2005, a passenger train rammed into a truck carrying farm workers in southern Turkey, killing nine people and injuring 30 others. In August 2004, a passenger train ignored a stop signal and rammed into an oncoming train in northwestern Turkey, killing six people and injuring 85.
The previous month, a newly inaugurated high-speed train from Istanbul to Ankara derailed, killing 37 people. Three days later, a passenger train slammed into a minibus at a western railroad crossing, killing 15 and injuring four.
28/01/08
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