The train, which was carrying 348 passengers, hit an excavator before derailing, according to a local official.
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A train derailed near Tabas in central Iran, state media reported on Wednesday (June 8th). “Ten people were killed and a number of others were injured in the accident”announced the spokesman for the national rescue service Mojtaba Khaledi, quoted by state television. “Twelve of the injured are in critical condition and have been transferred to hospital”, he added. The accident occurred at 5:30 am (local time), on the line between the cities of Mashhad and Yazd, according to this media.
“The train, which was carrying 348 passengers, derailed after hitting an excavator” which was near the tracks, Mir Hassan Moussavi, deputy head of the Islamic Republic Railways, told state television. Rescue operations manager Mehdi Valipour said five of the train’s eleven carriages derailed.
In 2016, 44 people were killed when two trains collided and caught fire in northern Iran. Dozens of others had been injured.