At least nine dead in Russian train derailment

AT least nine people were killed and 130 were injured when a passenger train derailed between Moscow and St Petersburg late yesterday, authorities said.

The federal investigative committee said the three rear cars of an express train from Moscow to St Petersburg went off the tracks in Novgorod province.

A spokesman for state-run Russian Railways, Dmitry Pertsev, said four cars derailed and there were injuries.