Death Toll Rises To 139 In Train Derailment

ANKARA - The death toll rose to 139 after high-speed train derailed en route from Istanbul to Ankara, sources said.
The crisis desk formed after the high-speed train went off the tracks near Pamukova town of northwestern Sakarya province announced that 139 died and 57 wounded in the train crash.
Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag will also go to the scene of the train crash.
(BRC) 22.07.2004