Train derailment kills 17 in Iran
At least 17 people were killed and 86 were injured yesterday when a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas after hitting an excavator beside the track, state media reported. The train was on its way from the northeastern city of Mashhad to the central city of Yazd with 348 passengers on board when it careered off the track in the desert at 5:30 am. The deputy head of Iran's state-owned railways, Mir Hassan Moussavi, said the 5 of the 11 coaches of the train "derailed after hitting an excavator" that was near the track.
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