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Train Death Toll Rises

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:42 pm | < 1 Minute Read
A police officer approaches an angry resident yelling at Ed Burkhardt, president of Rail World Inc., who was speaking in Lac-Megantic, Que., on Wednesday, where a runaway freight train derailed Saturday. All 73 cars were carrying oil; at least five exploded. Canadian officials are telling the families of the 30 people missing that all are presumed dead. With 20 bodies found, that puts the death toll at 50. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)
A police officer approaches an angry resident yelling at Ed Burkhardt, president of Rail World Inc., who was speaking in Lac-Megantic, Que., on Wednesday, where a runaway freight train derailed Saturday. All 73 cars were carrying oil; at least five exploded. Canadian officials are telling the families of the 30 people missing that all are presumed dead. With 20 bodies found, that puts the death toll at 50. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

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