15072014
Moscow Metro subway cars derailed and rapid attempts are being made to try and evacuate the stricken passengers, who are stuck in a tunnel between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations, in the west of Moscow.Moscow emergencies agency ‘s press service says the train derailed because it had to brake too suddenly.
Nearly nineteen people have been killed and over 160 injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow Metro on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya dark blue Metro line on Tuesday morning.
“According to the latest data, 15 people are dead. Three bodies have been retrieved,” Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov told earlier journalists. He added 12 bodies remain stuck in the damaged train.
Media reports have emerged of 16 people being dead. Those have not yet been officially confirmed.
The driver of the derailed train, who was earlier reported dead, is actually alive and being treated in hospital, Moscow authorities say, according to RIA Novosti.
The accident happened during the morning rush hour when the train was packed with passengers, three train cars had derailed, “but not overturned.”
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed condolences to the families of the dead and promised that the federal government will help in the post-accident clean-up.
Moscow authorities do not consider the cause the accident in the Metro could have been a terrorist act, according to Maksim Liskutov, the head of the transport department in the Moscow government, cited by Dozhd TV channel.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has promised to take tough measures against those responsible for the accident after visiting the crash site.
“I’m sure a criminal case should be launched into the accident, an investigation conducted and the toughest measures taken,” Sobyanin told journalists, after he visited a hospital where the injured had been taken. Medi agencies
Moscow Metro subway cars derailed and rapid attempts are being made to try and evacuate the stricken passengers, who are stuck in a tunnel between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations, in the west of Moscow.Moscow emergencies agency ‘s press service says the train derailed because it had to brake too suddenly.
Nearly nineteen people have been killed and over 160 injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow Metro on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya dark blue Metro line on Tuesday morning.
“According to the latest data, 15 people are dead. Three bodies have been retrieved,” Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov told earlier journalists. He added 12 bodies remain stuck in the damaged train.
Media reports have emerged of 16 people being dead. Those have not yet been officially confirmed.
The driver of the derailed train, who was earlier reported dead, is actually alive and being treated in hospital, Moscow authorities say, according to RIA Novosti.
The accident happened during the morning rush hour when the train was packed with passengers, three train cars had derailed, “but not overturned.”
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed condolences to the families of the dead and promised that the federal government will help in the post-accident clean-up.
Moscow authorities do not consider the cause the accident in the Metro could have been a terrorist act, according to Maksim Liskutov, the head of the transport department in the Moscow government, cited by Dozhd TV channel.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has promised to take tough measures against those responsible for the accident after visiting the crash site.
“I’m sure a criminal case should be launched into the accident, an investigation conducted and the toughest measures taken,” Sobyanin told journalists, after he visited a hospital where the injured had been taken. Medi agencies
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