Two workers are dead and three are
injured after an accident overnight on the Bolzano-Brenner rail
line, sources said Wednesday.
The accident, which took place shortly after midnight,
involved two technical vehicles belonging to a contractor firm.
One of the vehicles caught fire, the emergency services said.
The three hurt people have been taken to hospitals in Bolzano
and Bressanone with serious injuries.
The victims were natives of the southern region of Campania
aged 52 and 42, sources said.
One of the locomotives was out of control for around two
kilometres before it crashed into another vehicle with its
1,500-tonne load, sources said. Bolzano prosecutors are
investigating the disaster.
The out-of-control train was involved in work on the
replacement of tracks.
A technical fault is a seen as the likely cause of the
disaster.
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