LISBON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- A high-speed train with 212 passengers that left Lisbon for northern Portugal's city of Braga collided with a railroad maintenance vehicle on Friday near Coimbra in central Portugal, killing two people and injuring 50 others, according to Coimbra District Operations Command (CDOS).
The two fatal victims in the accident were workers of the Portuguese National Railway Network (REFER) against whom the passenger train collided, said the company's Coimbra District Operations Commander Carlos Luis Tavares.
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