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| The tram crashed into the side of a building after it derailed (Image: Reuters) |
After a tram derailed in Milan, a northern Italian city, at least one person died, and 39 others, some seriously, are said to have been injured. At around 16:00 local time (15:00 GMT), the crowded tram that was traveling on Milan's Vittorio Veneto street appeared to hit a building's side. The tram is thought to have struck the person who died, and the majority of the injured were passengers. Numerous ambulances are at the scene and there are reports of people trapped in the wreckage.
Underneath the tram, passengers said they heard something, and then the tram veered off, accelerated, and hit a building.
"I assumed it to be an earthquake. I was sitting down and I fell on the floor, along with the other passengers," one man told Ansa news agency. "It was horrendous." "I just heard an enormous bang," said 27-year-old Anna, who was in an office nearby, quoted by AFP. "I saw that some of the tram had entered a store," I said. Civil protection teams have set up a tent at the scene to help the injured.
Although media reports suggested that the tram had taken a sharp turn too quickly as it left Vittorio Veneto Street, the cause of the derailment is unknown. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala and other city officials have arrived at the scene of the crash.
Source: BBC
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