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Simplon tunnel worker dies following rail accident

Published on 29/08/2012

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - A 56-year-old Italian working on the Simplon rail tunnel near Brig, canton Valais, died Tuesday afternoon 28 August, a few hours after an accident on a construction site 1.4 km inside the tunnel. The man was on an aluminum trolley that was pushed along the rails of the work site by a [...]