Five railway workers killed in north Italian train accident

Officials walk on rail tracks on the site of a train accident in which workers were killed, in Brandizzo, Italy, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Five Italian railway workers were killed when they hit by a train near Turin, the state railway Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Rfi) said on Thursday.

The workers were replacing some track outside the station of Brandizzo, on the line connecting Milan and Turin, at about midnight on Wednesday when they were run over by a train transporting wagons.