Head-On Train Crash in Vienna Austria Injures Dozen of People

A head-on train crash in Vienna on Monday rush hour left dozens of people injured, according to emergency services spokesman Ronald Packert via AFP.

“Two of the seriously injured are in a life-threatening condition, one of whom is one of the train drivers. In total 41 people were hurt.”

Austrian Railways commented that the crash may have been caused by a technical fault causing the two trains to move towards each other along the same track.

“There was a technical problem,” company spokeswoman Sarah Nettel told AFP. “One of the trains received a signal to proceed that it shouldn’t have.”