Vienna trains collide, dozens hurt, 5 badly
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January 22, 2013, Tuesday
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TWO packed commuter trains collided head-on in the morning rush-hour in Vienna yesterday, leaving more than 40 people injured including five in serious condition.
In a large rescue operation involving around 25 fire engines as well as helicopter ambulances and a special accident train, many of the injured had to be extracted from the wreckage using special cranes.
"Two of the seriously injured are in a life-threatening condition, one of whom is one of the train drivers," emergency services spokesman Ronald Packert said. "In total 41 people were hurt."
One of those seriously injured had to be cut out of the twisted wreckage after being trapped, Packert said.
Austrian Railways said the cause of the crash appeared to have been a technical fault that caused both trains to be travelling towards each other along the same track. "There was a technical problem," the company said. "One of the trains received a signal to proceed that it shouldn't have."
It took almost two hours to evacuate both trains, which smashed into each other at 8:45am in western Vienna.
In a large rescue operation involving around 25 fire engines as well as helicopter ambulances and a special accident train, many of the injured had to be extracted from the wreckage using special cranes.
"Two of the seriously injured are in a life-threatening condition, one of whom is one of the train drivers," emergency services spokesman Ronald Packert said. "In total 41 people were hurt."
One of those seriously injured had to be cut out of the twisted wreckage after being trapped, Packert said.
Austrian Railways said the cause of the crash appeared to have been a technical fault that caused both trains to be travelling towards each other along the same track. "There was a technical problem," the company said. "One of the trains received a signal to proceed that it shouldn't have."
It took almost two hours to evacuate both trains, which smashed into each other at 8:45am in western Vienna.
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