HELSINKI, FINLAND, FIREFIGHTERS WERE CHALLENGED MONDAY MORNING when an empty commuter train crashed through the wall of a Holiday Inn located in the main railway station.
Associated Press
The Finnish Rail Administration says that the brakes failed on the train that was only carrying three workers and no passengers. The four passenger cars had become accidentally uncoupled from the train and rolled uncontrolled down the track. There was some advance warning of the runaway train coming and the hotel staff were able to clear people out of the area at the end of the track. The room affected was a conference room that was empty at the time. Fire/Rescue officials said that deaths could not have been avoided if there had been a meeting at the time of the accident. No serious injuries have been reported, only a minor arm injury to a railway worker.
Helsinki Times has the STORY.
NECN has some raw video from the scene:
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