Police Decrease Estimate of Tunnel Deaths
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From Times Wire Reports
Swiss police said it was unlikely that they would find many more bodies two days after a crash in the St. Gotthard Tunnel that claimed at least 11 lives.
“We think the death toll may not go much higher,” said Romano Piazzini, police chief of Ticino canton.
About 120 people have been reported missing, but authorities said the high number reflected duplication, with worried relatives and friends phoning separate emergency lines in different Swiss cantons.
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