9 die in derailment
Nine people have been killed and 50 injured when the rear eight carriages of an express train broke loose and jumped the tracks at Vaesby north of Stockholm. The 13-coach train was full with many passengers returning from northern holidays before schools opened. “Many of the injured survived thanks to their fitness. They were returning from hikes in the north Swedish mountains,” a doctor said. A railway official said the train was travelling at the allowed maximum speed of 120 kp/h . when the rear eight coaches. broke loose and derailed. — Stockholm.
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