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Train derails in northern Italy, three injured

Three people sustained minor injuries on Wednesday as a regional train derailed near Milan in northern Italy, emergency services said.

Reuters WORLD
Published August 19,2020
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Rescue workers are seen at the scene where a train derailed in Carnate, Italy August 19, 2020. (REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo)

A local train derailed on Wednesday in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, injuring the driver and two more the fire brigade said.

The line, operated by rail company Trenord, connects Milan and the lake of Como, and crosses a rich and industrial area known as Brianza, northeast of Italy's financial capital.

The accident left four to seven carriages derailed close to the station of the small town of Carnate, a spokesperson for the fire brigade said.