At least six killed in train crash near Moscow

A man stands at a passenger train damaged in a collision with a freight train in Moscow region May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

A man stands at a passenger train damaged in a collision with a freight train in Moscow region May 20, 2014.   REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

(Reuters) – A freight train collided with a passenger train near Moscow on Tuesday, ripping the side off one of the carriages and killing at least six people.

Russian officials said the death toll could rise after several carriages were derailed. All of the windows as well as most of the side of one green carriage had gone, a Reuters cameraman on the scene said.

Russian television footage showed dazed passengers clambering off the tilting train and climbing up a grassy bank to safety after the accident.

 

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