5 dead, 45 wounded in train collision near Moscow

By Vladimir Isachenkov

Published May 20, 2014 12:44pm ET

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5 dead, 45 wounded in train collision near Moscow — In this Tuesday, May 20, 2014 photo provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations for Moscow region, ministry employee uses a mobile phone at the site of train collision near the city of Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow. The Interior Ministry said the accident happened when several cars of a cargo train derailed and hit a passenger train near Naro-Fominsk, a town 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Moscow. (AP Photo/ Ministry for Emergency Situations Press Service) | AP

MOSCOW (AP) — A collision Tuesday between a cargo train and a passenger train near Moscow killed at least five people and left up to 45 others injured, Russian officials said.

The Interior Ministry said the accident happened when several cars on a cargo train derailed and hit a passenger train moving on a parallel track near Naro-Fominsk, a town 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Moscow.

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