Milan: A tram derails and crashes into a building, killing two and injuring 37.
The vehicle went off the tracks and crashed into a building: many people remained trapped in the wreckage.Tragedy in Milan , where a tram on line 9 derailed , crashing off the tracks into a building and hitting people, many of whom remained trapped in the wreckage.
It happened shortly after 4pm on Viale Vittorio Veneto with the vehicle proceeding from Piazza Repubblica towards Porta Venezia.
Numerous ambulances were called to the scene, and there are currently reports of two deaths and around forty injuries.
The dynamics of the incident are not yet clear.
Milan's prosecutor, Marcello Viola, is already at the scene of the tram derailment: a case for manslaughter and negligent assault will be opened in the next few hours.
Milan's mayor, Giuseppe Sala, also went to Viale Vittorio Veneto to see for himself what had happened and inquire about the conditions of the injured.
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