43 dead, 100 injured as trains collide in Semnan

At least 43 died and 100 were wounded after two passenger trains collided in Iran’s north-central province of Semnan.

So far, 80 of the injured have been transferred to nearby hospitals and 20 got outpatient care, IRNA news agency quoted Mostafa Mortazavi, an official with Iran’s Red Crescent Society as saying.

The accident happened when a passenger train in motion crashed to another one that had stopped at the station.

The two trains collided early Friday in Haft-Khan station in the city of Shahroud, about 400 kilometers east of Tehran. Four carriages derailed and two caught fire.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged all the responsible bodies, especially the transport ministry, to investigate the accident, announce reasons behind it, and name the probable guilty persons, IRNA reported.

Source: MENA