Four killed, several injured as train collides with army vehicle in Finland


  • World
  • Thursday, 26 Oct 2017

A military truck is pictured after a crash with a passenger train in Raasepori, Southern Finland, October 26, 2017. LEHTIKUVA/Markku Ulander/via REUTERS

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Four people were killed and several injured when a train crashed into an army truck during a military exercise in southern Finland on Thursday, police and defence forces said.

Three of the dead were conscripts and one was a passenger on the train, they said. Four other conscripts were hurt.

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