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Austrian trains in head-on crash Austrian trains in head-on crash
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Several people have been severely injured in a head-on collision between two commuter trains in Austria. Dozens of people have been injured in a head-on collision between two commuter trains in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Emergency fire and ambulance crews had to cut people out of the wreckage after the crash, which happened during rush hour in the capital, Vienna. Two people, including one of the train drivers and a passenger, remain in critical condition.
An emergency spokeswoman said five people were seriously hurt. Another 20 were reported to be lightly injured. Thirty-nine others were injured, three of them seriously, but no deaths were reported by Monday afternoon.
The train cabs were crumpled. One train driver was among those badly injured, the Austria Press Agency said. The accident occurred in Monday's morning rush hour, when the two trains found themselves heading towards each other on the same track.
It took almost two hours to evacuate both trains, which had been travelling along the same track in the Penzing district of western Vienna, the AFP news agency reported. The line, in the Penzing district of western Vienna, had been put under manual control following a technical defect, a spokeswoman for Austrian railways said.
Emergency services spokeswoman Claudia Gigler said it "remains unclear at the moment" why both trains were on the same track. "A train got permission to travel when it should not have," she said.
"Of course we will investigate the causes for the collision but at the moment our priority is with the passengers," Austrian Railways spokeswoman Sarah Nettel told AFP. Emergency fire and ambulance crews had to cut people out of the wreckage.
The train cabs were crumpled.
It took almost two hours to evacuate both trains.
"Of course we will investigate the causes for the collision but at the moment our priority is with the passengers," Austrian Railways spokeswoman Sarah Nettel told the AFP news agency.