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Two dead, more injured after train hits truck in Italy

Firefighters and rescue personnel work at the site of a train crash in Caluso, outside Turin on May 24, 2018

Two people were killed and many others injured after a train hit a large truck that was stuck on a railway crossing, causing multiple carriages to derail, local media reported.

The accident, in which the train driver was killed, occured late Wednesday in northern Italy close to Turin, with three of the train's carriages coming off the rails, according to television footage.

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