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Sat, 08/13/2011 - 08:24
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One dies, 56 injured in derailed train in Poland

    WARSAW, August 13 (Itar-Tass) -- In a railway accident in central
Poland one person died and 56 others were injured. Prime Minister Donald
Tusk has confirmed the latest data.
    "There was one fatality in the accident, fortunately, casualties are
not as numerous as we had thought before," Tusk said on the TV channel
TVN24, adding that rescue work was still going on. Earlier it was reported
that four died and 20 were injured.
    An intercity express train, en route from Warsaw to the southern city
of Katowice on Friday derailed near the town of Piotrkow-Trybunalski.
According to police, the train was carrying about 280 passengers. The
causes of the derailment remain unclear. Rescuers say that the death toll may rise.

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