TUNIS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 72 people were injured when two trains collided on Monday morning in the south of Tunisia's capital Tunis, according to an official from Civil Defense Department.
In the collision that took place in the Jebel El Jloud area, just near the main station of Barcelona located in the heart of Tunis, a long-distance train hit another train running on the same rail track, said Samir Oueslati, acting regional director of Civil Protection in Tunis, private radio station Mosaique FM reported.
The injured were transferred to hospitals nearby, and one of the two drivers suffers several fractures, Oueslati added.
