Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

An aerial view shows a derailed train at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (Italian Firefighters Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

Firefighters help a woman out of the wagon of a derailed train at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (Flavio Lo Scalzo/ANSA via AP)

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

A police officer keeps back members of the media as a train passenger is taken away on a stretcher after a train derailed, in Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

A passenger on a stretcher talks to a woman after being rescued from a derailed train, in Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. A commuter train derailed Thursday in northern Italy, killing at least two people, seriously injuring 10 and trapping others heading into the city of Milan at the start of the work day, carabinieri police said. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

This image provided by the Italian firefighters Vigili del Fuoco shows firefighters inside a train wagon trying to help a passenger out after the train derailed at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (Italian Firefighters Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

An injured passenger is taken away on a stretcher after a train derailed at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (Flavio Lo Scalzo/ANSA via AP)

Luca Bruno

Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

An injured passenger on a stretcher is carried away after a train derailed at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Flavio Lo scalzo

Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

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Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

Rescue teams help passenger out of a derailed train at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (Flavio Loscalzo/ANSA via AP)

Luca Bruno

Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured

An injured passenger is taken away on a stretcher after a train, seen in the background, derailed at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2018 3:20 am | Updated: 3:45 am, Thu Jan 25, 2018.

Italian train derails near Milan, 2 dead, many injured Associated Press |

MILAN (AP) — A commuter train derailed Thursday in northern Italy, killing at least two people, seriously injuring 10 and trapping others heading into the city of Milan at the start of the work day, carabinieri police said.

The Trenord train derailed near the Pioltello Limito station on the outskirts of the city, halting train traffic into and out of Italy's financial capital for hours. At least two main cars peeled off the rails but were still standing, albeit at an angle. Rescue crews gingerly climbed through the crushed sides of the cars trying to get to trapped passengers.

Carabinieri police confirmed at least two people were killed, 10 were seriously injured and dozens more slightly injured. The train was heading from Cremona, in eastern Lombardy, into Milan's Garibaldi station.

Trenord is the regional train company serving the Lombardy region. It is notorious among passengers for dirty, packed cars and frequent delays. On social media Thursday, it was ridiculed for tweets blaming delays into Milan on a "technical inconvenience" involving a train.

It was the latest incident involving Italy's aging rail system. In 2016, 23 people were killed when two trains collided on a single track in an olive grove in Puglia, southeastern Italy. In 2009, 32 people were killed when a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded in Viareggio, in central Italy's Tuscany region.