Mayor of northern town of Brandizzo speaks of ‘chilling scene’ after accident near Turin Five railway workers in northern Italy were killed when they were hit by a train while carrying out overnight maintenance work told the AGI news agency that an emergency worker had described to him a “chilling scene He said it was “a huge tragedy” and an investigation was under way Two colleagues working nearby managed to escape The train driver was in shock but otherwise unharmed A woman from Brandizzo told Corriere della Sera newspaper: “We were at the bar right in front of the station when we heard a loud noise but with something dragging something else behind it.” She said her boyfriend rushed to see what had happened and found a horrifying scene confirmed the five deaths and extended its condolences to the families Officials work at the site of the train crash in Brandizzo Photograph: Massimo Pinca/ReutersItaly’s prime minister said she was in regular contact with the regional governor “in the hope of shedding full light on the incident as soon as possible” Italy’s second largest trades union confederation called the accident “an outrage to all Italian workers” Luigi Sbarra said on social media: “It leaves us dismayed five families – to whom we send our condolences – have been destroyed by the lack of safety measures.” A cousin of the youngest victim told La Repubblica: “I’m angry I don’t know who was wrong but five people run over are not an accident said: “Five young men who were doing their job have lost their lives in a truly inexplicable way.” told Corriere della Sera: “The rescuers told me they witnessed a chilling scene with human remains scattered over a distance of 300 metres It is not to be excluded that there may have been a communication error between the team on site and those who were supposed to coordinate the work on the tracks we will have to await the outcome of the investigations.” He added: “I don’t know if 160km/h is the right speed for a train passing through a station It is something I wonder about as a citizen.” The prosecutor of Ivrea: "We are facing important violations of the Security Code" he is under investigation by the Ivrea prosecutor for the railway accident which in the night between Wednesday and Thursday led to the death of 5 workers near the Brandizzo station while they were carrying out maintenance work on the tracks he said: "Profiles of responsibility are already emerging for which I believe we will have to investigate people very soon" This was stated by the prosecutor of Ivrea Gabriella Viglione commenting on the tragic train accident that cost the lives of 5 workers in the night between Wednesday and Thursday near the Brandizzo station it is also possible to hypothesize possible intent because we are faced with very important violations of the Security Code,” said the prosecutor “What happened made it clear that the guarantee mechanism was not sufficient to adequately protect such a delicate job in such a dangerous location as the railway tracks – declared Viglione – The current situation also leads us to believe that there was noauthorization to work at that time and this although there were personnel to verify that the authorization had to be there” “I must say that there was perhaps a risk of an even more dramatically serious situation – continued the prosecutor – Because if the train had passed a few minutes later with the tracks already removed from the works Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker