News Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily
| 5 months ago
Axle failure on a wagon carrying liquid gas caused this week's rail disaster in northern Italy, the country's transport minister has told parliament on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to 16. Two children injured in the explosion when a train...
News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
When Silvio Berlusconi went to Viareggio this week to “take charge” after a liquid gas explosion that killed 16 people , he clearly expected to be given a hero’s welcome. Instead, he was greeted with boos, whistles and shouts of “go home”, ...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
Two children badly burned when a train carrying liquid petroleum gas exploded as it passed through a town in northern Italy have died of their injuries, taking the death toll to 16. Officials say they both had burns on 90% of their bodies. At least...
News Source: AKI
| 5 months ago
The rail leasing firm Gatx Rail Europe says it is "too early to speculate" on the cause of the train disaster which killed at least 17 people and seriously injured 30 in the central Italian coastal town of Viareggio. Adnkronos spoke to the managing...
News Source: Ansa
| 5 months ago
The death toll from Tuesday's gas train explosion in Viareggio rose to 17 Wednesday as two small children and a man died in hospital. Transport Minister Altero Matteoli told parliament that 20 of the 31 people injured are in critical condition. Two...
News Source: AKI
| 5 months ago
A three-year-old Moroccan girl whose older brother gave his life to rescue her from Monday's train inferno in the central Italian coastal town of Viareggio has also died. The little girl, named only as Hinan, died in a Rome hospital on Wednesday...