(supersedes previous)A total
of 74 people were injured this morning when two overground metro
trains collided at an outlying station in the Sardinian regional
capital, the prefect's office said Tuesday.
Three were seriously injured - both train conductors and
one female passenger. One of the conductors suffered a broken
femur and pelvis, sources said.
None of the injuries were life-threatening, reports said.
The head-on collision occurred around 08:00 local time.
Most of the injured were students on their way to school.
Local transport company ARST said it was not yet clear why
the two trains found themselves going in opposite directions on
the same track, but that "human error" was "certainly" to blame.
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