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| A Korean woman has died after a tram struck her in the Italian city of Milan. Gettyimagesbank |
By Jung Min-ho
A Korean woman in her early 20s has died after a tram hit her in Milan.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday, the victim, who was visiting the city with two Korean friends, was struck near Porta Venezia in the northeast of the city center about midnight Monday (local time).
She was about to start her first year at college in Britain.
The Korean Consulate General in Milan said it has told her family in Korea of the accident.
A local media outlet reported Tuesday that the incident occurred when the tram was rounding a curve. Police are investigating.
The friends and the tram driver were taken to a nearby hospital suffering shock.
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