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Rome (ANTARA News / Xinhua-Oana) - A Romanian citizen 36-year-old was hit and killed by a regional train, Wednesday, near Rome, when he was talking with a cell phone (mobile phone), local media reported.

Romanian citizens, who all his attention focused on the conversation through the phone, allegedly stepped on the yellow safety line on the platform and was hit by a train that connects Rome to Naples, according to Corriere della Sera daily reports on its Internet pages.

Victim apparently did not see the train coming and terserempet to fall by a single carriage train, which made him fly through the air a few yards before falling on the ground.

The accident occurred at the train station Latina, in the middle of the road between Rome and Naples. Flow while the train was stopped by authorities for two hours.

It was the third train accident that occurred in Italy in just one weekend, triggering a wave of protests from the main consumer safety and residents associations throughout the country.

On Monday, two regional trains that glide along the local railway linking Rome and Viterbo collide, so that injured more than 120 passengers.

Investigations have been carried out by authorities in the capital city of Italy in order to determine who was responsible.

However, the biggest tragedy occurred on April 12, when a train in northern Italy slip, amassing tracks after a landslide. Quite a lot of casualties - 11 killed and dozens others wounded.