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Two dead, 25 injured in migrant coach crash north of Rome

During transfer from Porto Empedocle to Piemonte

Migranti: caos a Lampedusa per trasferimenti

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 15 - Two drivers died and 25 migrants and refugees were injured, some seriously, early Friday morning when the coach they were travelling in collided head-on with a heavy goods vehicle on the A1 motorway north of Rome.
    The group of around 50 migrants and refugees was being transferred from Porto Empedocle in Sicily to reception facilities in the northern region of Piemonte having arrived by sea on Lampedusa in recent days.
    The drivers of the coach operated by Patti Tour based in the Sicilian town of Favara, which has a contract with the Agrigento prefecture, were aged 35 and 32.
    The accident occurred around 2.30 am local time between Guido Montecelio and the Roma Nord toll gate. (ANSA).
   

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