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Iran train derails after excavator collision, kills 13

A train after derailment is seen near Tabas, Yazd province, Iran June 8, 2022. Iranian Red Crescent/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Thirteen people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency said, while 60 passengers were seriously injured.

The train travelling to the city of Yazd collided with an excavator before going off the rails 50 km (30 miles) from the city of Tabas, where it began its journey, a railway official told state news agency IRNA.

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