Pioltello Train Derailment | |
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Date | 25 January 2018 06:55–06:57 local time (05:55–05:57 UTC) [1] |
Location | Pioltello, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°28′58″N9°18′45″E / 45.4829°N 9.3124°E Coordinates: 45°28′58″N9°18′45″E / 45.4829°N 9.3124°E |
Line | Cremona – Milan |
Operator | Trenord |
Incident type | Derailment |
Cause | Broken rail |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 46, 5 Critical |
On 25 January 2018, a commuter train operated by Trenord derailed in Pioltello when two of its carriages came off the track en route to Milan. The incident left 3 women dead and more than 100 people injured, of whom 46 needed medical assistance in hospital. 5 of them were in critical condition. [2]
At about 7:00 local time, a passenger train was travelling from Cremona to Milano Porta Garibaldi when two of the carriages derailed and came to a rest at an angle. [3] The accident occurred between the Pioltello-Limito station and the Segrate station.
Train operator Trenord say that the train was travelling at normal speed when the derailment occurred. Witnesses say that the train trembled for a few minutes just before the accident. [4]
Italian police began an investigation into the possible cause of the accident and said that a problem with a track switch could be the reason why the derailment occurred. [5] A broken rail on a section of jointed track 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) from the crash site was later identified as the cause of the derailment. That section of track was scheduled for replacement. [6]
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