US train crash: Toll moves up

Washington

Rescue workers in Philadelphia yesterday found a body in the wreckage of the passenger train that derailed, bringing the death toll to eight, officials said.

Authorities said that with the discovery of the corpse, they now believe they have accounted for all 243 people who were on board the train when it crashed late Tuesday.

“We have confirmed eight deceased from this horrible tragedy,” Mayor Michael Nutter told reporters.

“But all individuals that we had any reason to believe were on that train have now been accounted for, and we know their whereabouts completely.”

Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer said rescuers found the body with the help of a cadaver-sniffing dog. The victim’s identity was not released.