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Article: 2nd lead: At least 5 dead in train collision in Israel, terror attack excluded
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- June 21, 2005
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2nd lead: At least 5 dead in train collision in Israel, terror
attack excluded Eds: Updates with more details, background
JERUSALEM, June 21 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed
and some 100 others injured when a passenger train collided with a
truck in central Israel on Tuesday, Israel Radio reported.
The tragedy occurred when a train traveling from the coastal city
of Tel Aviv to the southern town of Beersheba collided with a truck
that had apparently broken down on the tracks, the report said.
The number of casualties was likely to rise as two train cars
derailed and were completely crushed and many passengers were buried
under the cars, said the report.
About 100 were ...