Police at scene after 5 killed in train accident in Brandizzo, Italy

Five railway workers were killed in northern Italy after being hit by a train while conducting overnight maintenance works, officials and firefighters said Thursday. 

The train, which was transporting wagons on the Milan-Turin line and had no passengers, was travelling at 160 kilometres per hour when it hit the team replacing parts of the track near Brandizzo, on the outskirts of Turin, Italian news agencies said. The train line between Turin and Milan remained suspended early on Thursday morning.