28 Mar 2024
Saturday 23 July 2016 - 13:58
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Train-truck crash injures 30 in northern Iran

Train-truck crash injures 30 in northern Iran


At least 30 people have been wounded after a train crashed into a truck crossing a railroadin northern Iran, a provincial official says.

Speaking to IRNA, Zakaria Ashkpoor said the crash took place in a rural area near the city of Galugah in Mazandaran province on Friday morning.

Thirty passengers of the train were injured in this incident and were transferred to hospitals in Behshahr and Galugah," he added.



Meanwhile, the director of the country's regionalrailway, Yusef Geranpasha, told ISNA that 150 passengers wereon board the train at the time of the incident, and that most of the woundedreceived outpatient treatment.

The truck was moving at a high speed onan unauthorized roadwhile the driver was talking on his cell phone unaware of the train,Geranpasha added.

Iranian traffic police officials say reckless driving, including speeding, is to blame for most of the road accidents in Iran.

By Press TV

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