Deadly rail accident in Turkey kills nine and injures fifty

 

 

Ankara, December 13: Ankara in Turkey spots a major train accident today, crashing into a walker and killing almost nine and injuring fifty people approximately. The high speed train travelling from Ankara to the central Turkish city of Koyna collapsed crushing two cars and hitting the station overpass.

It was not clear at what speed the trains were travelling when the crash occurred. The accident happened at a station where the Ankara-Konya train does not stop. Video footage showed emergency workers at the scene, working to rescue people from carriages. The masses trapped beneath the damaged metal of the rail track at the Marsandiz train station, to the west of Ankara.

 

 

The governor added that search and rescue efforts continued as "technical investigations" were underway to find out exactly what caused the crash in Yenimahalle district.

 

 

Konya, about 260 kilometers (160 miles) south of Ankara, is home to the tomb of the Sufi mystic and poet Jalaladdin Rumi, attracting thousands of pilgrims and tourists. The crash occurred during an annual week of remembrance for Rumi when many travel to Konya to watch Whirling Dervishes perform, reported the local channel.