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

FAN Editor 7 years ago
A military truck is pictured after a crash with a passenger train in Raasepori
A military truck is pictured after a crash with a passenger train in Raasepori, Southern Finland, October 26, 2017. LEHTIKUVA/Markku Ulander/via REUTERS

October 26, 2017

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

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

(Reporting by Jussi Rosendahl; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

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