Finland: Train Crash - Four Killed And 8 Injured.
Passengers walk near the railroad crossing at the site of a crash between a train and a military truck near Raseborg, southern Finland on October 26, 2017. (AFP)
At least Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army truck during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police said. (Thursday).
The accident occurred at an unguarded railway crossing near the city of Raasepori, west of the capital Helsinki, when two military vehicles were crossing the tracks on their way to a training site.
The train and one of the vehicles collided, killing three conscripts abroad the truck and a passenger on the train, officials said. Road conditions were bad in the morning due to rain and snowfall.
President Sauli Niinisto offered their condolences to the victims and their families.
“The young conscripts were there for their country. That their journey ends in many deaths and in serious injuries is a true tragedy,” President Niinisto said in a statement.
Passengers walk near the railroad crossing at the site of a crash between a train and a military truck near Raseborg, southern Finland on October 26, 2017. (AFP)
At least Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army truck during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police said. (Thursday).
The accident occurred at an unguarded railway crossing near the city of Raasepori, west of the capital Helsinki, when two military vehicles were crossing the tracks on their way to a training site.
The train and one of the vehicles collided, killing three conscripts abroad the truck and a passenger on the train, officials said. Road conditions were bad in the morning due to rain and snowfall.
President Sauli Niinisto offered their condolences to the victims and their families.
“The young conscripts were there for their country. That their journey ends in many deaths and in serious injuries is a true tragedy,” President Niinisto said in a statement.
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