Russian train clash kills 22

A passenger train has derailed in Russia, killing 22 people and injured at least 55 others.

Paramedics wait at Moskovsky train station in St. Petersburg November 28, 2009. Twenty-two people were killed and 55 more injured when a Russian train crashed on Friday, in what officials said could have been an act of terrorism. Four carriages of the luxury train travelling  from Moscow to St Petersburg were derailed near the town of Bologoye  some 350 km (200 miles) from Moscow. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

The train was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg when it derailed near a town about 350 kilometers northwest of Moscow on Friday. Russia's Interfax news agency reported that a one meter-diameter hole was found next to the railway track.

Witnesses said they heard a loud explosion before the accident. The news agency reported the derailment could be linked to an act of terrorism. Medics, rescue teams and police are continue to work at the scene.