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Thirteen injured as two trains collide in Turkey

The passenger train, arriving in the capital Ankara from Istanbul, had stopped at the station in Sincan, a suburb in the capital, when the commuter train crashed into it.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 12:31 February 19, 2008
  • Gulf News

Ankara: Thirteen people have been slightly injured when an empty commuter train rammed into an intercity passenger train at a station near the Turkish capital on Tuesday, railway authorities said.

The passenger train, arriving in the capital Ankara from Istanbul, had stopped at the station in Sincan, a suburb in the capital, when the commuter train crashed into it.

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