14 people killed as two trains collide in thick fog

A PASSENGER train and a freight train collided in thick fog in northern Italy yesterday, killing 14 people and crushing several carriages.

The crash, on a line between Bologna and Verona, left carriages in a wreck of buckled metal. At least one carriage was lifted off the tracks by the force of the collision.

The number of injured was not immediately clear, but Italian news reports said that several dozen people required medical treatment.