(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has expressed condolences to
Tehran over a deadly train crash in Iran's South Khorasan province
on June 8, Azernews reports citing the ministry's Twitter
account.
“We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of people as a
result of the crash of a passenger train. We express our deepest
condolences to the families of the crash victims, as well as to all
the Iranian people, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured,” the
ministry tweeted.
On June 8, at least 17 people were murdered and 50 were injured
when a passenger train derailed 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the
desert city of Tabas on the rail that connects the town with the
central city of Yazd in eastern Iran.
According to media accounts, four of the train's seven carriages
derailed in the early morning darkness.
According to a railway official, the train collided with an
excavator before sliding off the tracks.
Aerial footage showed railway carriages on their sides and
rescue personnel scurrying around the accident area, assisting the
injured. According to reports, ambulances and three helicopters
carrying rescue crews were on their way to the accident scene in
the isolated location where contact was weak.
State television also broadcast images from a hospital where the
injured were being treated.
Iran has railway lines that stretch almost 14,000 kilometers
(8,700 miles) across the nation.
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