Canada rail disaster death toll at 47: police
July 20, 2013  18:29
The final death toll of a train derailment that flattened part of a Quebec town two weeks ago will likely stand at 47, Canadian police said. 

No new remains have been discovered in the rubble since Thursday, when the number of confirmed dead was 42, officials said.

The number of those missing in the July 6 tragedy meanwhile has been narrowed to five, bringing the presumed number of people killed to 47, they added. 

"Our investigation has not uncovered any new deceased persons," Quebec police inspector Michel Forget told a news conference.

"However we can now inform you that our investigation and various enquiries... have permitted us to establish the number of dead, including missing and presumed dead, at 47," he said. 

Investigators today are bringing in heavy machinery, including cranes, to move out the destroyed and mangled train cars, Forget said.
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