63 hurt, one seriously, as packed train crashes in Israel

A train packed with hundreds of passengers hit a pickup truck in central Israel today, causing a locomotive and three carriages to overturn, and injuring 63 people.

Rescue officials said one person was hurt seriously, three were hurt moderately, and the rest slightly. Five people were trapped inside the overturned cars, and by 2pm (12 noon), emergency services had freed two of them.