15 wounded in Bulgarian train collision
14:25, 4 October 2010
SOFIA. October 4. KAZINFORM Two trains collided head-on near Dragoil station, 50 km northwest from the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on Monday morning, injuring some 15 people, the Interior Ministry said, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
According to the Interior Ministry, several minutes before 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT), an international train traveling from Belgrade to Turkey, collided head-on with an one-wagon train carrying employees of the Bulgarian State Railways company.
Among the wounded, only the two train drivers suffered from servious injuries, officials told reporters.
The accident is still under investigation, police said, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhaunet.com