Bilecik'teki tren kazası dünya basınında

Bilecik'te dün meydana gelen tren kazası New York Daily News haber sitesi tarafından The Associated Press imzasıyla yayınlandı.

"Two trains crash into each other in Bilecik, Turkey, killing 1 and injuring 7 others

A passenger train crashed head-on into another train in northwestern Turkey on Sunday, killing one of the engine drivers and injuring at least seven other people, an official said.

The governor of Bilecik, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Istanbul said the accident was caused by an electrical fault that led to a signal failure. The train went through a signal where it should have halted and slammed into another train that was stopped on the line.

One driver was killed. The injured included two rail personnel and at least five passengers, said Bilecik's governor, Musa Colak.

The trains were traveling in opposite directions between Istanbul and the city of Eskisehir.

Television footage from the crash site showed paramedics performing a heart massage on a man lying on a stretcher beside the tracks.

Turkey's government has been working to improve the country's rail system, which is beset by signaling malfunctions, ill-equipped trains, deteriorating tracks and a lack of barriers at road crossings.

In Turkey's worst train accident in recent years, a newly inaugurated high-speed train from Istanbul to Ankara derailed in 2004, killing 37 people and injuring 95 others."

New York Daily News