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News In Pictures: Turkey train crash, 10 people dead and 73 injured after service to Istanbul derails

Ten people have been killed and 73 injured in a train accident in northwest Turkey today.

A drone photo shows the scene after several bogies of a passenger train derailed at the Sarilar village of Tekirdags Corlu district (Image: Anadolu)

The train, carrying 362 passengers, came off the rails in northwest Turkey after heavy rain and a landslide on to the tracks, officials said.

A journalist at the scene, Mustafa Yilmaz, said emergency personnel had to walk to the scene of the crash to help the injured.

The train was travelling from Uzunkopru, Edirne province, to Istanbul when it derailed near Sarilar village in Tekirdag’s Corlu district.

Dogan News Agency reported the mayor of Sarilar, Fuat Doner as saying it is "very difficult to reach the area by car...air support is needed to evacuate the wounded".

Around 100 ambulances have been sent to the scene and air ambulances are also being used to transport the injured to hospital.

Officials believe the train came off the track due to heavy rains.

Pictures from the scene show numerous injured passengers lying on the ground or on stretchers as medical professionals help them.

Ten people have died and 73 are injured after a passenger train derailed in Turkey (Image: Anadolu)

Dramatic drone images show a number of carriages lying on the side of the field where the train came off the tracks.

One picture shows the back door of a carriage smashed out as farms, other passengers and paramedics lift the injured passengers out of the train.

Others can be seen frantically on the phone as the overturned train can be seen in the background.

One survivor, walking along the rail track away from the accident site, told CNN Turk television that he had seen many more than 10 bodies.

Medics had to walk to the scene to help the injured (Image: Anadolu)

A statement from the prime minister’s office said a suburban train suffered an accident after a landslide.

“Unfortunately we have fatalities and casualties,” it said.

The local governor in Tekirdag, about 120 km (75 miles) west of Istanbul, blamed heavy rain for the derailment.

Air ambulances are being used to transport the injured to hospital (Image: Anadolu)

“Our helicopter ambulances have reached the site. Many of those injured have been taken off the site,” Mehmet Ceylan said.

President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said he had received information from the ministers of transport and interior about the incident, and sent condolences for those killed.

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