ISTANBUL: Seven people were killed and many others were injured in a crash involving a Turkish high speed train in Ankara on Thursday, Ankara Governor Vasip Sahin said.
Speaking to reporters at the crash site, Sahin said the high speed train, which was travelling to the central province of Konya, had crashed into a locomotive which carries out track inspections.
Video footage showed emergency workers at the scene, working to rescue people from carriages trapped beneath the mangled metal wreckage of an overpass at the Marsandiz train station, to the west of Ankara.
The accident occurred around 6:30 am (0330 GMT) as the train was traveling between Ankara and the central Turkish province of Konya, the broadcaster said.
