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| Moscow subway accident leaves at least 10 dead | |
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| At least ten people have been killed and 106 injured when a Moscow underground train was derailed between two stations during the morning rush hour. At least 106 people have been hospitalised, of whom 50 are in a serious condition, a spokesperson for Moscow's health department said. | |
| Injured passengers were carried on stretchers out of metro stations and helicopters ferried the most seriously hurt to hospital, said the health ministry. | Injured passengers were carried on stretchers out of metro stations and helicopters ferried the most seriously hurt to hospital, said the health ministry. |
| Some of the passengers looked stunned after being helped to the surface by emergency services, on Tuesday morning. | Some of the passengers looked stunned after being helped to the surface by emergency services, on Tuesday morning. |
| A spokesman for the emergencies ministry said a power surge caused the train to stall and several cars to derail between the Slaviansky Boulevard and Park Pobedy stations. | A spokesman for the emergencies ministry said a power surge caused the train to stall and several cars to derail between the Slaviansky Boulevard and Park Pobedy stations. |
| "It braked very hard. The lights went off and there was lots of smoke," a man, his nose bloodied, told Rossiya-24 television. | "It braked very hard. The lights went off and there was lots of smoke," a man, his nose bloodied, told Rossiya-24 television. |
| "We were trapped and only got out by some miracle. I thought it was the end. Many people were hurt, mostly in the first rail car because the cars ran into each other." | "We were trapped and only got out by some miracle. I thought it was the end. Many people were hurt, mostly in the first rail car because the cars ran into each other." |
| Park Pobedy is the deepest metro station in Moscow, 84m (275ft) deep, which is making the rescue particularly hard. | |
| Russian news agencies reported earlier that 20 people had been trapped in one of the damaged rail cars. |