First victim identified in Canadian train crash

Friday, July 12, 2013

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec -- The first victim of a runaway oil train's explosive derailment in a Quebec town was identified Thursday, more than five days since the disaster, as the intensity of the fire has slowed searches for the 50 people presumed dead.

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