Seven dead after Turkish high-speed train crashes in Ankara

The crash was caused by a collision with a local train, Ankara governor Vasip Sahin said.

Speaking to reporters at the scene, Mr Sahin said the high-speed train, which was travelling to the central province of Konya, had crashed into a locomotive which carries out track inspections.

The train driver is among those who died, and officials say three of those injured are in a serious condition.

Rescue teams sent to the scene were looking for more survivors, he said.

“Our hope is that there are no other victims.”

Two of the train’s carriages derailed in the accident and toppled over, CNN Turk reported.

Footage showed emergency workers at the crash site, where carriages were trapped beneath the mangled metal wreckage of a pedestrian overpass at the Marsandiz train station, to the west of the capital.