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Freight Train Derails in Italy....'Plows Into Houses'...At Least 12 Dead...Many Injured...

6/30/2009 8:56:57 AM

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A freight train derailed and plowed into houses in a small Italian town, setting off an explosion and fire that killed at least 12 people — many as they slept in their homes — and injured at least 50, officials said Tuesday.

The 14-car train was traveling from the northern city of La Spezia to Pisa when a rear car derailed and crashed into a residential neighborhood beside the train station in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio just before midnight Monday.
 

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