10 dead in Moscow subway train derailment

MOSCOW (AP) -- A rush-hour subway train derailed in Moscow Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 106, emergency officials said.<br /> <br /> Several cars left the track in the tunnel after a power surge triggered an alarm, which caused the train to stop abruptly.<br /> <br /> City Hall officials gave the death toll as 10. At least 106 people were hospitalized, of whom 50 are in grave condition, Itar-TASS said, quoting Moscow's health department chief, Georgy Golukhov.<br /> <br /> An Associated Press journalist saw injured people taken out of the station on stretchers. At least 15 ambulances were standing by, while four helicopters took off from the lawn nearby.<br /> <br /> Golukhov told Russian television that only one person is still trapped in a wrecked train car but he is alive. However, emergency services at the scene speculated that there could be more.<br /> <br /> Yuri Akimov, a Moscow representative of the emergency services, said in a televised briefing outside the Park Pobedy station that about 200 people were evacuated from the train, which was stuck between two stations in west Moscow.<br /> <br /> Photos on social media showed passengers walking along the tracks inside the dimly lit tunnel.<br /> <br /> A man with a bloody cut on his brow told Rossiya 24 television outside the Park Pobedy station that he felt a jolt and the train abruptly came to a halt. "There was smoke and we were trapped inside," the man said. "It's a miracle we got out. I thought it was the end.<br /> <br /> Park Pobedy is the deepest metro station in Moscow, 84 meters (275 feet) deep, which is making the rescue particularly hard.<br /> <br /> While accidents are regular occurrences in the Moscow Metro, deadly incidents are rare.

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