Last Japan train wreck survivor rescued

Rescuers today pulled three people believed to be the last survivors from the wreckage of Japan’s worst rail accident in four decades, and raised the death toll to 73 as they found more bodies inside twisted metal train cars.

Last Japan train wreck survivor rescued

Rescuers today pulled three people believed to be the last survivors from the wreckage of Japan’s worst rail accident in four decades, and raised the death toll to 73 as they found more bodies inside twisted metal train cars.

The seven-car train was packed with 580 passengers yesterday morning when it jumped the tracks near an Osaka suburb and plunged into the first floor of an apartment complex. More than 440 people were injured.

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