European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 b the stars and stripes Friday june 12, 1992. A firefighters inspect the twisted remains of an italian train car involved in wednesday s collision near Turin. Italian train collision kills 6 Turin Italy apr two trains collided outside a Mountain Tunnel wednesday killing at least six people and injuring 33, news reports said. All of the victims were italian officials said. The front cars of each train were smashed. The end of another car was pushed about 12 feet into the air complicating Rescue efforts. Crews continued to search the wreckage for victims. The crash was on a line connecting the Northwestern City of Turin and Costa near the French Border. Gabriella Carraro a passenger from chivas so told the italian news Agency Agi that her train had just pulled out of a station and was waiting outside the Tunnel. Quot a few seconds later i heard a Long whistle and by the stars and stripes Ramstein a Germany a the Bridge at the Ein Siedler Hof exit on autobahn 6 near Ramstein Abs East Gate a could collapse at any time a German Highway officials said thursday. German authorities intend to close the Bridge sometime this morning said Gard Herrmann a Road Engineer for the state of Rheinland Fulz. The Cobblestone Bridge spans the Access Road leading to Ramstein a East Gate. Built in the late 1930s, the Bridge had a maximum weight limit of about 30 tons said Helmut Hammann another state Highway official. The decision to close the Bridge was based on a recent engineering study that determined the Iron supports in the Structure were too weak. The monthlong study was preceded by a routine inmost closings raise Stuttgart Germany a amps a the recent arrest of three German youths at the by Bingen maintenance facility seems to illustrate the difficulty of maintaining Security at . Military installations before they close. A a it a a huge area and we be had occasional problems with trespassers Neucom area support group spokesman George Huettig said of the installation about 10 Miles Southwest of Stuttgart. Military police conducting night surveillance on May 24 caught the youths trying to steal . Government property from the nearly vacant Post according to Huettig. Maps found that a storage building Hud been broken into. A search of the youths turned up a Hacksaw a piece of a lock and some government property police said. There was a tremendous blow. I ended up under a seat and heard shouts and horrible cries a Carraro was quoted As saying. Investigators speculated that rain had shorted out an electrical track signal according to news reports although human error Hadnot been ruled out. A Railroad official at chivas so just Northeast of Turin said the trains collided at a Point where trains must wait at a station for others to pass on the single track. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said he did no to know what caused the crash. One train was running from Turin to Costa the other Between Costa and chivas so. About 25 percent to 35 percent of the Ramstein base population uses the East Gate said spokesman maj. Bruce e. Lewis or. Closing the Bridge will primarily affect motorists travelling East on autobahn 6 who exit at Einsiedler Hof. Motorists driving from Einsiedler Hof to the base also will have to change their routes. A there Are going to be some extra Miles and some extra time spent travelling but there is nothing we can do about it a Lewis said. Westbound traffic on autobahn 6 heading toward can still get off at the Einsiedler Hof exit and drive to the base. Motorists however will not be Able to Cross the Bridge and drive to Einsiedler Hof. Traffic will largely be unaffected for those leaving trom the East Gate Lor either autobahn 6 or Einsiedler Hof Security concerns they called German police who took the youths to the Bobingen police station. German officials Are investigating the Case. The last activity scheduled at the Post is a june 23 furniture Sale. A i think after that efforts will be made to Clear everything out of there and prepare it for turnback a Huettig said. No connection appears to exist Between that burglary and a theft of munitions three Days earlier from an ammunition storage area at nearby Panzer Cavern he said. Those goods also were recovered shortly after their theft and the Case remains under investigation. Huettig said the most recent burglary is reminiscent of vandalism at the Sachsenheime missile station a training area North of Stuttgart before and after the army returned it to the German government recently. World Cuba Hopes to boost foreign investment from wire reports Havana Cuba a officials welcomed 125 american and european businessmen wednesday to a conference on foreign investment. The delegation composed mainly of americans got a Jed carpet Welcome from mariachis and Cabinet members underscoring cubans eagerness for foreign capital. President Fidel Castro later hosted the delegation at a banquet in the presidential palace.11 slain in Punjab Amritsar India a sikh militants disguised As policemen ordered 11 people out of a Village in Punjab lined them up in a Field and shot and killed them police said thursday. All of the victims of the wednesday night massacre were sikhs. The rebels have often attacked fellow sikhs during their 10-year-old rebellion accusing them of being unsympathetic to their Campaign for an Independent nation in the Rich farming killed in Soweto Johannesburg South Africa the son of time Magazine photographer Peter Magu Banc was hacked and shot to death in Soweto township mag Ubane said wednesday. Charles mag Ubane 30, disappeared after leaving his Soweto Home on May 18, his father said. Police found the body outside the Dube workers Hostel two Days later and took it to a morgue. The reason for the killing was not Wall collapses Urbino Italy a a 10-Yard Section of the Renaissance Era Wall girding this City of Art collapsed wednesday but no one was injured news reports said. After cracks grew tuesday night in the Wall the Road skirting the weakened stretch was cordoned off and nobody was nearby when the Wall gave Way the italian news Agency Ansa reported. The fallen Rock landed in a Garden killed in Accident Wollongong Australia a weeks before he was expected to collect a $1.5 million inheritance a 43-Ycar-old Man was crushed to death when a Wall fell on him in a construction Accident Michael Gautier a a father Clement baiter died in Belgium in december leaving 7.5 million francs each to Michael and his sister. The estate had been expected to be released by a French probate court in a few outranks sex Hamburg Germany a More germans would rather drink Beer or sparkling wine to forget their troubles than have sex according to an opinion Survey. Of 1,007 germans polled by the Forsa Institute 37 percent said they regularly get drunk and could not imagine a world without sparkling wine or Beer the news Magazine Stern reported wednesday. Stern said 21 percent said they preferred sex. In third place was dancing at 15 percent followed by those who would rather go for a drive with 9 s mayor quits Rome a mayor Franco Carraro resigned wednesday saying he wanted to shake up the top Levels of City government to tackle problems ranging from health services to traffic. Bridge near Ramstein a to be shut spec lion of the Bridge. Bridges in Germany Are inspected about every five years Hammann said
