14:14 05/06/2015
Rome - A subway train bumped into another one ahead of it at a
station in southern Rome on Friday, throwing passengers to the floor and
injuring a dozen people.
Passengers emerging from the station
reported feeling the impact, seeing sparks and ending up on the floor in
the dark. They scrambled out thanks to lights on cell phones.
Rome
transport chief Guido Improta said 12 people were injured, two
seriously with broken bones. He said the trains were going in the same
direction, at no more than 3km/h, and that the rear train "apparently
didn't take into account the signs and speed indications that needed to
be respected".
"Thank goodness nothing much happened," he added.
Rome
has two main subway lines; the incident occurred on Friday on the "B''
line at the Palasport station in EUR, a modern and largely residential
neighbourhood.
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