Photo Story: Aftermath of the fatal Frecciarossa train crash in Italy
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A high-speed train “Frecciarossa” derailed this morning Two people, the drivers, were killed with 31 other people were injured, but none are in a critical condition.
The train, travelling from Milan to Salerno, was outside Livraga when the accident happened.
The drivers were named as Giuseppe Cicciù, 51, from Reggio Calabria, and Mario Di Cuonzo, 59, from Capua.
A view of a derailed high-speed train on the Milan-Bologna line, near Lodi, northern Italy. EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI
According to a preliminary reconstruction, the train’s engine derailed and first hit a trolley car that was on a parallel line and then hitting a railway building where it came to a halt.
A screen grab taken from a handout video made available by Italy’s State Police (Polizia di Stato) shows a police officer near the scene where a high-speed train travelling from Milan to Bologna derailed, near Lodi, northern Italy. EPA-EFE/POLIZIA DI STATO HANDOUT
The rest of the train was said to have continued running until the second carriage overturned.
Members of the media crowd at a spot near the site of a derailed high-speed train on the Milan-Bologna line, near Lodi, northern Italy. EPA-EFE/ANDREA FASANI
Maintenance work was being done on the line at the time of the crash.
A handout photo made available by Italy’s State Police (Polizia di Stato) shows the scene where a high-speed train travelling from Milan to Bologna derailed, near Lodi, northern Italy. EPA-EFE/POLIZIA DI STATO HANDOUT —
Railway unions called a two-hour strike from noon to two o’clock in the afternoon Friday to protest against the “extremely grave” incident.
A view of a derailed high-speed train on the Milan-Bologna line. EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI
They said it was “unacceptable” that such accidents occurred in the Italian rail system, one of the safest in the world.
A screen grab taken from a handout video taken with a drone and made available by Italy’s institutional agency for fire and rescue service (Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco) shows an aerial view of the scene where a high-speed train derailed on the Milan-Bologna line. EPA-EFE/VIGILI DEL FUOCO HANDOUT –
