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WORLD NEWS Friday 26 January 2018

Italian train derails near Milan, 3 dead, many injured

By COLLEEN BARRY slightly injured. The train was
NICOLE WINFIELD heading from Cremona, in
Associated Press eastern Lombardy, into Mi-
MILAN (AP) — A commuter lan’s Garibaldi station and
train derailed Thursday in suffered some sort of dam-
northern Italy, killing at least age to a wheel about 2.5
three people, seriously injur- kilometers (1.5 miles) from
ing 10 and trapping others where the train came to a
heading into Milan at the halt, said Umberto Debruto,
start of the work day, offi- who is in charge of the rail-
cials said. way network in Italy.
The Trenord train derailed Debruto told Sky TG24 that
near the Pioltello Limito sta- it wasn’t clear “if that was
tion on the outskirts of the the cause or the result” of
city, halting train traffic into the derailment.
and out of Italy’s financial Images of the track showed
capital for hours. A piece a chunk of one rail missing,
of the track appeared bro- but it wasn’t clear what
ken, and officials said a role it played.
wheel sustained damage Debruto said the train was
as well, though the cause travelling at the correct
was under investigation. speed for that hour, on a
At least two main cars high-speed line which was Firefighters help a woman out of the wagon of a derailed train at the station of Pioltello Limito,
on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying
from the middle of the normal for that stretch of hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring
train peeled off the rails track, where there are at least 10.
but were still standing, al- two conventional rail lines (Flavio Lo Scalzo/ANSA via AP)
beit at an angle. Rescue and two high-speed lines. minutes before hearing a Thursday, it was ridiculed collided on a single track
crews gingerly climbed He denied any common big bang, and then feeling for tweets blaming delays in an olive grove in Pug-
through the crushed sides cause between Thursday’s the car crush in on them. into Milan on a “technical lia, southeastern Italy. In
of the cars trying to get to derailment and a July 23 Trenord is the regional train inconvenience” involving a 2009, 32 people were killed
trapped passengers. derailment outside the Pi- company serving the Lom- train. when a freight train carry-
Prosecutors at the scene oltello station in which no bardy region. It is notorious It was the latest incident ing liquefied petroleum gas
said at least three people one was injured. among passengers for dirty, involving Italy’s aging rail derailed and exploded in
were killed, 10 were serious- Passengers reported feel- packed cars and frequent system. In 2016, 23 people Viareggio, in central Italy’s
ly injured and dozens more ing the car shake for a few delays. On social media were killed when two trains Tuscany region.q

Hundreds evacuated around Paris as Seine keeps swelling

PARIS (AP) — Almost 400 threatened are in the north litz bridge in the east of the in the Paris region. ber of reserve collections
people were evacuated and east of the country. city. No major incident was ob- has been packed to en-
from their homes in the Par- Seven other departments It was expected to keep ris- served. sure their rapid evacuation
is region as a precaution in central France have ing, reaching 6.1 meters (20 The Louvre museum re- in the event of flooding,
Thursday as rivers across been placed on alert for feet) by Saturday, as high mains open for now but and staff have also been
France kept swelling. snow and ice. as the June 2016 flood- the lower level of the de- trained,” the Louvre said in
Thirteen departments Meteo France said that ing when authorities were partment of Islamic Art has a statement.
across the country re- exceptionally high levels forced to close several been closed to the public The situation was far less
mained on alert for floods of rain this winter were to monuments, including the until at least Sunday. severe than during the
as heavy rainfall continued blame for the floods, with Louvre Museum. Two years ago, the Louvre 1910 Great Flood, when
to batter many regions. rainfall in Paris twice as high Paris police said in a state- was closed for four days the Seine water level rose
In addition to Paris, where as normal. ment Thursday 395 people due to flooding and 35,000 to 8.62 meters (more than
the Seine river is expect- The Seine reached 5.53 have been evacuated pro- artworks were moved to 28 feet), forcing many Pa-
ed to keep rising until Sat- meters (over 18 feet) Thurs- tectively from their homes safe zones. risians to evacuate their
urday, the other regions day evening at the Auster- along the banks of the river “Since then, a large num- homes. q