Iran Train Derailment
Train derailment claims 17 lives in Iran
Tehran/UNI/IBNS: At least 17 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday after a passenger train derailed and crashed into an excavator in Iran's Tabas.
The incident occurred at 5.30 am (local time) on the rail that connects the town with Yazd, according to Tehran Times.
Four carriages of the train derailed early morning close to the desert city of Tabas, reported Iran's state TV.
IRNA quoted Governor of Tabas Ali-Akbar Rahimi as saying that four cars of the train derailed early in the morning, and relief workers, including the Red Crescent Society, emergency and aid units have been dispatched to the location of the incident.
The reason for the accident remains unknown.
Iran's worst train accident had occurred in 2004 after a runaway train carrying sulphur, cotton, petrol and fertilizer crashed near Neyshabur, injuring 460, killing 320 people and ruining five villages, according to Associated Press.
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