Seventeen killed and 50 injured in train crash as emergency service rush to rescue passengers from mangled wreckage

AT least 17 people have died and more than 50 have been injured in a horror train crash in Iran. The passenger train carrying around 350 people collided with an excavator near the northeastern Iranian city of Tabas on Wednesday, with paramedics warning the death toll is likely to rise. @MojahedinengAt least 17 people have died and 50 have been injured in a train crash in Iran[/caption] @MojahedinengThe train was carrying 350 passengers when it collided with an excavator[/caption] Four of the train’s seven cars derailed in the early morning as the train travelled between the cities of Mashhad and Yazd. Rescue teams took some time to reach the crash site around 340 miles southeast of Iran’s capital Tehran, 30 miles outside of Tabas. Regional governor Ali Akbar Rahimi said the number of fatalities is likely to rise as rescuers search the train cars. Aerial footage of the desert site of the disaster showed train cars on their side, with rescue crews trying to care for the injured. Iranian state TV later aired images from a hospital showing the injured receiving treatment. One of the injured told the reporter they felt the train break suddenly and slow down before it derailed. Most read in News GOING NOWHERE Brits face summer travel hell with airport chaos, rail misery & soaring fuel JAIL BEATING Caroline Crouch’s husband ATTACKED as he rots in jail for Brit's murder BT 'SCAM' Urgent warnings as 'scammers posing as BT workers scoping out people's homes' STRUCK OUT Train & Tube chaos to erupt again as 50k walk out in biggest strike in 33 YEARS BLADE ALERT Pupils hide under desks as knife-wielding gang storm school grounds ALDI GUN PANIC Aldi supermarket horror as two people are shot dead in store