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Russia says train crash death toll rises to 39

The death toll from a Russian train crash has risen to 39 after more bodies were pulled from wrecked carriages, an official from the Emergencies Ministry said today.

"The figure is 39," an official from the ministry told Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu on a video conference aired live on the Vesti-24 news channel.

The Nevsky Express, carrying 661 passengers from Moscow to St Petersburg, was derailed at 9:34 p.m. (1834 GMT) near the village of Uglovka about 350 km (200 miles) north of Moscow.



 

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