Union slams 'outrageous' Turin rail accident deaths

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 31 - The death on Wednesday of five railway workers in an accident on the Turin-Milan railway line is "outrageous", the leader of Italy's second largest trades union confederation Cisl Luigi Sbarra said on Thursday.
    "The terrible accident that occurred last night on the Turin-Milan railway line leaves us dismayed," said Sbarra on social media, after a regional train reportedly travelling at 160 km/h hit and killed five men working on the tracks in the proximity of Brandizzo station near Turin shortly before midnight.
    Two other workmen were unscathed.
    "Five workers are dead, five families - to whom we send our condolences - have been destroyed by the lack of safety measures," he continued.
    "This umpteenth tragedy is an outrage to all Italian workers," concluded Sbarra.
    The train driver is in a state of shock. (ANSA).