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Society | October 3, 2013, Thursday // 10:47
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Nearly 90 passengers were traveling aboard the derailed train, but none of them has been injured. Photo by Novinite.bg
A fast train running Bulgaria’s second-biggest city of Plovdiv to the coastal Varna has derailed on Thursday morning, but the accident caused no casualties, authorities said.
The accident occurred shortly after 6 am, near the village of Sindel.
Nearly 90 passengers were traveling aboard the train, but none of them has been injured.
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