Train derails near Moscow, killing 9

A cargo train derailed Tuesday and crashed into a passenger train near Moscow, killing nine people and injuring 45, CNN reported, citing Russia's state-run news agency ITAR-Tass. 

Of the injured, 18 were taken to a hospital, and five are in critical condition, the report said.

The accident took place at Naro-Fominsk, southwest of Moscow, the Emergency Ministry told CNN.

Thirteen cars of the freight train derailed and crashed into a passenger train en route from Moscow to Chisinau, "eventually overturning three of the train's cars with people inside," ITAR-Tass reported.

Rail traffic in and out of Moscow's southwest was suspended, the report said.

A total of 394 tickets were purchased for the passenger train, the Interior Ministry said.