Two dead after train hits truck (2)

(ANSA) - Turin, May 24 - Two people are dead and 18 are injured after a train smashed into a lorry that was on the tracks overnight at a level crossing at Caluso, in the province of Turin.
    The 61-year-old driver of the train and the 64-year-old Romanian driver of a van that was escorting the truck, which was carrying an oversized load, were killed. Among the injured is the train's conductor, a woman, who is fighting for her life.
    The Lithuanian driver of the truck has been put under investigation for allegedly causing a rail disaster.