Two killed, 13 injured in a railway accident near Carmonita
Two people died and 13 others injured in a serious railway accident occurred around 12: 30 noon in Cáceres-Mérida railway, five miles north of the town of Carmonita Badajoz. In the incident have been involved a passenger train and a dumper truck. The train left Madrid's Atocha station at 7:41 am and was due to arrive in Merida at 12:44. At the time of the accident were on the train 14 passengers, drivers and the controller.
According to initial reports, the casualties are a passenger train, a young woman from Merida who apparently was a member of the conservation partnership ADENEX, and the driver of the truck, a vehicle that works in the construction of the works of the AVE Madrid-Lisboa. Sources Health confirmed that 13 injured were taken to hospital in Merida, and that a child has been evacuated by helicopter to Caceres. Two of them, among which is the driver, are serious. The other three passengers were unhurt, one of them the financial
In the scene, the delegate of the Government, Carmen Pereira, explained that the collision occurred "almost obliquely, as the train, traveling at 100 kilometers per hour, has beaten the vehicle on the right side, resulting in three-car accident that led the convoy.
In declaracionesa Canal Extremadura Radio, Pereira pointed out that the truck driver could have done "a maneuver permitted, although not yet confirmed the cause of the accident.
to the scene have moved numerous means of relief, a dozen ambulances, four of them with medical care, and two helicopters, in addition to medical health center Carmonita.
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