Dozens injured after head-on commuter train crash in Vienna

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Dozens injured in head-on commuter train crash in Vienna
Dozens injured in head-on commuter train crash in Vienna


Dozens of people have been injured after two packed commuter trains were involved in a head-on collision in Vienna.

Two people, including one of the train drivers and a passenger, are thought to be in a critical condition, according to the BBC.

No deaths have so far been reported, but 39 other people were also injured in the crash, which happened on Monday morning's rush hour.

Dozens injured in head-on commuter train crash in Vienna
Dozens injured in head-on commuter train crash in Vienna



The two trains found themselves heading towards each other on the same line in the Penzing district of Western Vienna after it was put under manual control following a technical defect.

A spokesman for Austrian Railways, Sarah Nettel, told the BBC: "A train got permission to travel when it should not have."

Dozens injured in head-on commuter train crash in Vienna
Dozens injured in head-on commuter train crash in Vienna


It took almost two hours to evacuate both trains, and emergency fire and ambulance crews used ladders to enter the carriages, where they had to cut people from the wreckage, according to The Sun.

Ms Nettel added: "Of course we will investigate the causes for the collision but at the moment our priority is with the passengers."

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