10 killed, 100 Injured As Moscow Metro Carriages Derail in Rush Hour
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Local Editor
10 people have been killed and 120 injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow Metro on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya dark blue Metro line on Tuesday morning.
"The number of the dead is 10," said Pyotr Biryukov, deputy mayor of Moscow, as cited by ITAR-TASS.
"One hundred and twenty people have sought medical help, 106 were taken to hospital. About a half of them are seriously injured," Golukhov told ITAR-TASS.
The accident happened during the morning rush hour when the train was packed with passengers.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team