About 40 injured in Austrian train accident

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News ID: 21905
Publish Date: 11:26 - 20 April 2018
TEHRAN, April 20 - Two passenger trains were involved in a crash while being coupled together at the main station in the Austrian city of Salzburg early on Friday, and up to 40 people were slightly injured, police said.

About 40 injured in Austrian train accidentTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - One train slammed too hard into another from Zurich as they were being coupled together, a police spokesman said.

"A Nightjet (train) was stopped at platform 4 and in a coupling procedure another train drove into it from behind," the spokesman said, adding that the number of injuries was not expected to rise significantly.

The accident happened at about 4:45 a.m. (0245 GMT/10.45 p.m. ET, Thursday), the spokesman said.

Source: Reuters

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