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Horrible Train Wreck Leaves Many Dead And Wounded
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2005-04-25
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At least 52 people died and nearly 400 were injured as the result of a train derailing in Japan.
The train ran into an apartment building in what is being called the worst train accident in over 40 years.
According to a Reuters article,
Workers struggled into the night to rescue people trapped in crumpled wreckage and twisted metal in the first-floor car park of the building, located just 6 meters (20 feet) from the tracks in a suburb of Osaka city.
"From what rescuers have been able to see, at least four people are believed alive," a fire department spokesman said. "But the train is very badly crushed and it's hard to tell much more than that. We cannot deny that others may be in there."
Five train carriages were involved in the wreck.
An smh article describes, "Photographs taken by passengers inside the train within moments of the crash showed people piled on the floor. In one of the photographs the nose of one carriage had been peeled back, leaving passengers standing against a backdrop of open sky."
The cause of the accident has not been determined.
About the Author:
Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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