MOSCOW. July 15 (Interfax) - All those killed in the Moscow metro accident, were in the first carriage, Moscow Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov told reporters.
"Fifteen people were killed and 12 bodies have been retrieved already," Biryukov said.
The driver was not killed, he is in a hospital, he said.
It is planned to restore the operations on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro within 24 hours, he said.
At the same time, the reasons of the accident have not been determined yet.
A total of 250 people were evacuated from the Moscow metro, Biryukov said.
On Tuesday morning three carriages derailed on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line in the Moscow metro near the Slavyansky Boulevard station. One of the carriages is badly damaged.