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July 9, 2013

Toll from Canadian Train Derailment, Oil Blaze Hits 13 
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The death toll from the derailment of a train carrying crude oil in
Canada has reached 13. A police spokesperson in the town of
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, said dozens remain missing.

Benoît Richard: "We are still talking about around more or less 40
people that are reported missing and that we don't know their
whereabouts."

The train was carrying crude oil from North Dakota when it derailed and
slammed into the center of town. If the missing turn out to be dead, it
would be Canada's worst accident since the Swissair crash of 1998.

 

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