--- description: Two people were killed and 18 injured when a regional railway train collided with a truck in Italy's northern Piedmont region Wednesday title: Train Crash in Northern Italy Leaves 2 Dead, 18 Injured image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt617cb1e3df7db385/6989315bbc6cfc87753e6064/rts1syvt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Italy](/tag/italy/) ## Italy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Train Crash in Northern Italy Has Left 2 People Dead and 18 Injured by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2018 8:00 AM CUT  Italian police officers stand next to the twisted wreckage of a train that plowed into a truck last night in Caluso, near Turin, Italy on May 24, 2018. Italian police officers stand next to the twisted wreckage of a train that plowed into a truck last night in Caluso, near Turin, Italy on May 24, 2018.Massimo Pinca—Reuters by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2018 8:00 AM CUT Two people were killed and 18 others injured when a regional train [collided](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-train/two-die-18-injured-in-train-accident-in-italy-idUSKCN1IP0U3 "undefined") with a truck in northern Italy on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The train, running on a line that connects the cities of Turin and Ivrea in Italy’s northern Piedmont region, crashed into a freight truck that had broken through a crossing barrier and become stuck on the tracks, according to Italy’s state train company. The driver of the train was killed, Reuters said, along with the driver of a vehicle accompanying the truck. Italy’s railway network has seen a series of deadly accidents recently. In Jan., a packed commuter train derailed near Milan, killing three people. In 2016, a [head-on collision](http://time.com/4402481/puglia-italy-train-collision/ "undefined") between two trains in Italy’s southern Puglia region killed 23 people. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5289764/italy-train-crash-piedmont/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5289764/italy-train-crash-piedmont/"},"headline":"A Train Crash in Northern Italy Has Left 2 People Dead and 18 Injured","datePublished":"2018-05-24T08:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:22:28.983Z","description":"The train crashed into a freight truck that had become stuck on the tracks","url":"https://time.com/5289764/italy-train-crash-piedmont/","keywords":["Italy","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt617cb1e3df7db385/6989315bbc6cfc87753e6064/rts1syvt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt617cb1e3df7db385/6989315bbc6cfc87753e6064/rts1syvt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Italian police officers stand next to the twisted wreckage of a train that plowed into a truck last night in Caluso","caption":"Italian police officers stand next to the twisted wreckage of a train that plowed into a truck last night in Caluso","creditText":"Massimo Pinca—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/italy/","name":"Italy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5289764/italy-train-crash-piedmont/","name":"A Train Crash in Northern Italy Has Left 2 People Dead and 18 Injured"}}]}] ```