Advertisement At least 24 people have died and 318 have been injured after a packed passenger train derailed in western Turkey. The train was heading from Edirne, near the border with Greece, to Istanbul on Sunday evening with 362 passengers and six crew on board when it came off the tracks. Five out of six cars left the rails after it ran over a section of track that partially collapsed after the ground underneath it gave way following heavy rains. At least 24 people have died and 318 have been injured after a train derailed in western Turkey on Sunday afternoon The train was carrying 362 passengers and six crew from Edirne, near the border with Greece, to Istanbul when it came off the rails near the city of Corlu following heavy rains At least 124 people were being treated in hospital on Monday following the crash, with medics appealing for blood donations Ministers said heavy rains caused a section of earth beneath the tracks to collapse, causing the train to derail Bloodied passengers were pictured stumbling from the wrecked train carriages as medics rushed to help the wounded One survivor said it was immediately clear that people had been seriously hurt as the train carriages buckled, crushing people's limbs and throwing others out of the train Dozens of medical vehicles rushed to the scene with helicopters arriving to transport the most critically injured to hospital Farm vehicles also arrived to help transport the wounded after five out of the train's sex cars went off the rails Emergency responders worked through the night to try and free those who were trapped inside the train after the wreck At least 124 people are still be treated at hospitals near the city of Corlu, where the accident took place, with medics appealing for blood donations from the public. Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said seven other trains had used the route earlier Sunday but the rain led to 'extraordinary swelling' which caused the ground to collapse. The government initially banned journalists from covering the crash on the grounds of national security, but that ban was lifted on Monday. Images from the scene showed bloodied passengers stumbling from the scene as paramedics carried others away on stretchers and helicopters circled overhead. Joint judicial and administrative investigations have been launched into the crash. An unnamed survivor told the private DHA news agency she was travelling in one of the derailed cars when it went off the tracks. 'There were deaths immediately, people whose legs were crushed. It was a horrible accident,' DHA quoted her as saying. A photograph of the site showed collapsed ground under the rails. Tekirdag governor Mehmet Ceyhan said the area where the derailment happened was muddy from heavy rain and difficult to reach. Pictured is a section of the track where the ground collapsed, which is believed to have caused the crash on Sunday Ministers said seven other trains had used the same route earlier in the day but heavy rains caused the tracks to buckle Emergency workers scour the scene for survivors of the crash which happened on Sunday afternoon near the city of Corlu Journalists were initially banned from covering the crash on the grounds of national security, but the ban was later lifted A crane prepares to move part of the train wreckage as emergency workers look for survivors overnight on Sunday Hundreds of search and rescue workers spent the night combing through the wreckage for survivors<doc-sep>ISTANBUL — Ten people were killed and 73 injured when a train came off the rails in northwest Turkey on Sunday after heavy rains set off a landslide, Turkish news media reported. The train was carrying 362 passengers and was headed to Istanbul when five carriages came off the tracks, the transport ministry said in a statement. Television images showed several train cars lying on their side and emergency personnel walking to reach the crash site.<doc-sep>Heavy rains had eroded the earth under the tracks, leaving a gap under the rails (AFP) Twenty-four people were killed in northwest Turkey when a train headed for Istanbul derailed following heavy rain and a landslide, authorities said on Monday, making it the worst train disaster in the country in more than 14 years. Hospitals nearby were treating 124 people injured in Sunday's accident, Turkish health minister Ahmet Demircan said, according to state broadcaster TRT Haber. The train was carrying 362 passengers. Two train drivers were summoned for questioning by police on Monday over the accident, state news agency Anadolu reported. Footage by Demiroren news agency from the scene showed at least five wagons lying on their side while workmen wearing helmets examined the tracks and bulldozers moved to remove the wreckage. The train had departed from Corlu, a district in the northwestern Turkish province of Tekirdag, about 120 km (75 miles) west of Istanbul. Heavy rains had eroded the earth under the tracks, leaving a gap under the rails, Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said late on Sunday. Critics on social media shared pictures of the eroded land below the train tracks, saying the infrastructure was poor and the railroad was not properly maintained. Arslan said the latest inspection had been carried out in April. Rescue work was completed at 6.00 am (0300 GMT), deputy prime minister Recep Akdag was quoted as saying by Anadolu. The accident was the deadliest rail disaster in Turkey since January 2004, when a high-speed train derailed in the northwestern district of Pamukova, killing 41 people. © Thomson Reuters 2018<doc-sep>At least 10 people have been killed and more than 70 injured when a train derailed in Turkey. Health ministry officials put the number of deaths at 10 and people injured at 73 based on initial reports from the scene, according to Turkey's official Anadolu news agency. Five of the train's six cars were reported to have derailed in a village in Tekirdag province after "the ground between the culvert and the rail collapsed" in heavy rain. The train was heading to Istanbul from Edirne, on the border with Greece, with 362 passengers and six crew members. A survivor who was in one of the carriages that derailed told the DHA news agency: "There were deaths immediately and people whose legs were crushed. It was a horrible accident." Cars were photographed overturned and several people carried away on stretchers. Tekirdag governor Mehmet Ceyhan said the area where the derailment happened was muddy from heavy rain and difficult to reach. Emergency services and military helicopters rushed to the scene. Local officials tweeted that hospitals needed blood donations for the injured. Additional reporting by AP<doc-sep>
Ten people have been killed and 73 injured in a train accident in northwest Turkey today. The train, carrying 362 passengers, came off the rails in northwest Turkey after heavy rain and a landslide on to the tracks, officials said. A journalist at the scene, Mustafa Yilmaz, said emergency personnel had to walk to the scene of the crash to help the injured. The train was travelling from Uzunkopru, Edirne province, to Istanbul when it derailed near Sarilar village in Tekirdag’s Corlu district. (Image: Anadolu) Dogan News Agency reported the mayor of Sarilar, Fuat Doner as saying it is "very difficult to reach the area by car...air support is needed to evacuate the wounded". Around 100 ambulances have been sent to the scene and air ambulances are also being used to transport the injured to hospital. Officials believe the train came off the track due to heavy rains. Pictures from the scene show numerous injured passengers lying on the ground or on stretchers as medical professionals help them. Dramatic drone images show a number of carriages lying on the side of the field where the train came off the tracks. (Image: Anadolu) (Image: Anadolu) (Image: Anadolu) (Image: Anadolu) One picture shows the back door of a carriage smashed out as farms, other passengers and paramedics lift the injured passengers out of the train. Others can be seen frantically on the phone as the overturned train can be seen in the background. One survivor, walking along the rail track away from the accident site, told CNN Turk television that he had seen many more than 10 bodies. A statement from the prime minister’s office said a suburban train suffered an accident after a landslide. “Unfortunately we have fatalities and casualties,” it said. (Image: AFP) (Image: AFP) (Image: Anadolu) The local governor in Tekirdag, about 120 km (75 miles) west of Istanbul, blamed heavy rain for the derailment. “Our helicopter ambulances have reached the site. Many of those injured have been taken off the site,” Mehmet Ceylan said. President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said he had received information from the ministers of transport and interior about the incident, and sent condolences for those killed.