Death Toll 40 in Russian Rail Crash
<i> Reuters</i>
MOSCOW —
The death toll in a collision between two trains west of Moscow rose to 40 Wednesday, Russian TV reported.
The crash on Tuesday involved a Riga-Moscow express and a freight train near the town of Nelidovo.
The television report said the most likely cause of the collision was the failure of one of the drivers to observe signals.
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