A total of 21 people were
slightly injured when metro trains in Milan slammed on the
brakes in two separate incidents on Thursday.
In the first, at the Uruguay stop on line 1, two children
aged eight and 10 were among 17 people taken to hospital for
treatment after a train braked sharply early on Thursday,
tossing around passengers, to avoid a 32-year-old would-be
suicide of French origin sources said.
The woman was unhurt.
Most of the people had only minor injuries, although a
58-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room on the more
serious code yellow with a suspected broken leg.
The city transport company said an emergency brake system
kicked in after registering an anomaly.
The company is working to find out why this happened.
In the second incident, another Milan metro train braked
suddenly Thursday causing four slight injuries, local sources
said.
The second incident happened at the Palestro station at
14:30, again on Line 1.
Two people were treated at the scene while another two were
taken to hospital in code green.
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