TEHRAN, Iran — A train collision in northern Iran killed at least 43 people and injured 100 on Friday, Iran’s state media reported.
The official IRNA news agency quoted a spokesman for the country’s Red Crescent, as saying the latest casualty figures had risen to 43 killed and 100 injured in the accident that occurred in sub-zero temperatures when a moving passenger train struck another parked at Haftkhan station about 150 miles east of Tehran.
The report said four of the fatalities were railway employees who were onboard the two trains when the accident occurred, near Semnan.
The report said that in the collision, four carriages derailed and two caught fire. It showed footage of rescuers working near carriages on fire. The casualties from the crash were taken to nearby hospitals.
Khabbaz said the cause of the accident was under investigation and that the parked train was apparently not inside the station but on a main rail line.
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