At least three people killed as train derails in Italy

At least three people were killed and 10 seriously injured when a packed regional train derailed near Milan today. The regional train was enroute from the town of Cremona to the centre of Italy's economic capital. 

Emergency services said hours after the crash, rescuers continued to search for passengers inside the wreckage.About 100 other people sustained light injuries, Cristina Corbetta, an official with the regional emergency services in



Milan said the incident happened near Segrate in Milan's northeastern suburbs. The cause was not immediately clear. 

Many of the passengers were travelling to work in Italy's economic capital, or were students.

It is the most serious rail accident in Italy since 23 people were killed in a high-speed head-on collision between two passenger trains in July 2016 in the southern Puglia region.