Mangled mess in the crash involving a passenger train and locomotive.

Turkey train crash 9 dead and 50 injured

Mangled mess in the crash involving a passenger train and locomotive.
Mangled mess in the crash involving a passenger train and locomotive.

 

At 6:30 local time (03:30 GMT) a high-speed train had collided with another train, then an overpass involved at Marsandiz railway station about 8 km ( 5miles) from Ankara’s main station in Turkey has killed at least nine people and injured 50, according to Turkey’s transport minister.

Ankara governor Vasip Sahin said the train was travelling from Ankara to the southern city of Konya when it collided with a locomotive inspecting tracks at the station.

Among the dead were three train drivers and 206 passengers were on board the train. /search and rescue efforts are still under way.

The Turkish Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects quoted its Chairnan Yunus Yener as saying the “signalling problems” has been flagged on the line “ for some time”. The accident is murder according to a Tweet.