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1 killed, 60 injured in train collision in Tunisia

Xinhua,May 04, 2018 Adjust font size:

TUNIS, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Two passenger trains collided in southern suburbs of Tunis, capital of Tunisia, late Thursday afternoon, killing one person and injuring at least 60, said Tunisian Ministry of Interior.

The two daily trains link Tunis to its southern suburbs, and a train driver lost his life in the accident, said the ministry.

Almost all cases of injury are not serious, but the accident aroused public panic, the ministry said. Enditem