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Three days ago, there was a collision between two trains from the underground metro system in Rome. It resulted in one dead person and 110 injured people, the Italian authorities announced. At first, the news was for two victims but later it appeared that there was a confusion regarding the second one.

According to the rail operator, the train that was stopped in the station Vittorio Emanuele II was hit from the other one, traveling with high speed in the tunnel. Passengers from the second train said that the driver did not stop at the red light and continued on. Ambulance servants, firefighters and police attempted to set free the people, stuck inside the train. The TV news showed injured people, while being escorted to the ambulances.

The prime minister Romano Prodi stated that the case is being investigated whether it was a mistake of the drivers or it was caused by a problem in the signaling system, since no technical fault was found in the trains.