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At least 25 killed in Italy train crash

The death toll in Tuesday's head-on train crash in Italy has been raised from 20 to 25, with dozens injured.

The accident happened on a stretch of track linking the small towns of Corato and Andria in the southeastern Puglia region.

Italy Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has demanded a full and swift investigation, and said Transport Minister Graziano Delrio would report to parliament on Wednesday.

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Woman eight months pregnant in fatal Italy train crash

A woman who is eight months pregnant was on board a train in Italy when it crashed head-on into another, killing 20.

The woman said she was "thrown forward" during the collision, before she saw her mother on the ground and her father and sister bleeding.

The crash happened at midday on Tuesday in an olive grove on flat terrain between the towns of Andria and Corato, about 200 km east of Naples, on a line with a single track.

The cause is not yet known.

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