The previous toll was put at 11.
The head-on collision between two trains happened on a single stretch of track in countryside between the towns of Corato and Andria, in the southern heel of Italy.
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At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in the southern Italian province of Bari in the Apulia region.
Two trains collided on Tuesday in the southern Italian province of Bari in the Apulia region, leaving at least 12 people killed and dozens injured, local media reported.
Many passengers may still be trapped in the carriages. Rescuers have pulled a child out of the wreckage, who was airlifted via helicopter to a regional hospital.
The collision took place between the towns of Andria and Corato at about 11:30 a.m. local time (09:30 GMT), the RaiNews TV channel reported.
Ambulance cars and fire vehicles arrived at the site.
Ricardo Zingaro, the head of the municipal department of Andria, arrived at the scene and said he feared there might be more dead.
The train`s passenger cars literally crumpled into pieces; sheet of metal flew dozens of meters from the sides of the tracks. One of the trains had only two carriages which remained almost intact, local media wrote.
Death toll in Italian train crash rises to 20 - VIDEO, UPDATED
12 July 2016
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The death toll from a train crash in southern Italy has risen to 20, a regional official told reporters on Tuesday, adding that dozens of people were in hospital, some with serious injuries.
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