The death toll from a train crash in northwestern Turkey late Thursday rose to five, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported on its website Friday.

Another 21 were injured when a passenger train collided with a construction vehicle trying to cross tracks at around 6 p.m. (1500GMT) in Bozuyuk town of Bilecik province, said the report.

On Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency quoted Transport Minister Binali Yildirim as putting the number of injured at 16.

The train was travelling from central Eskisehir province to the largest Turkish city of Istanbul, about 250 km from the Bozuyuk district.

Several carriages of the train derailed, while the victims were crushed to death between the first carriage and the engine as the train rammed into the mechanical earthmover, said the report.

The operator of the mechanical earthmover, among the injured, was in critical condition, the report quoted an official from the railway directorate as saying.

Source:Xinhua