Emergency services are working to free people from the wreckage of a head-on collision of two trains in southern Italy that left at least 22 people dead and dozens more injured. The trains crashed on a single stretch of track between Corato and Andria in Puglia.
“Tears and pain for the victims and their families. But also a lot of anger. We demand clarity on what happened in Puglia this morning,” Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, wrote on social media. He cut short a visit to Milan to travel to Puglia.
Commander Giancarlo Conticchio, told Sky TG24 that
43 people had been injured, and that there could still be changes in the final toll.
Pasengers were calling for help and crying. “A horrific scene, unbelievable,” he told Rai News. “The worst scene of my life.”
In the aftermath of the crash, a number of survivors sat under olive trees next to the carriages. “I went barefoot under the wreckage. I dug my way out under the metal pieces and was able to save my husband. I saw people in pieces,” one survivor told Telesveva.
One man said he had been listening to music when the crash happened. “At a certain point I found myself on the floor, and I immediately got up. I saw the train conductor who was on the floor,” he said, adding that it was five minutes before he was able to escape the train.
Local authorities issued an urgent appeal for blood donors on Tuesday afternoon, requesting the “maximum collaboration” of citizens.
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may they rest in peace 
