At least 140 folks have been injured after eight prepare vehicles derailed after crashing with a truck in Volgograd area in Russia on Monday.
“Today at 12:35 (0935GMT), on the Gremyachaya-Kotelnikovo part within the Volgograd area, the driving force of a KAMAZ truck drove onto a railway crossing and collided with a passing passenger prepare,” the Russian Railways stated on Telegram.
The assertion stated eight vehicles of the passenger prepare heading from Kazan metropolis within the Russian Republic of Tatarstan to Adler city within the Black Sea had been derailed.
Rail site visitors on the Gremyachaya-Kotelnikovo railway line has been suspended, it stated, including that emergency providers and restoration trains have been dispatched to the scene.
In a later assertion, Russian Railways blamed the truck driver for “grossly violating traffic rules” and drove into the crossing.
It stated 140 of the overall 803 passengers on board suffered abrasions and bruises, and 30 folks, together with 12 youngsters, have been hospitalized within the close by city of Kotelnikovo.
Meanwhile, Volgograd’s regional administration stated on Telegram that Governor Andrey Bocharov had visited the incident website and instructed that the railroad be cleared as quickly as attainable.
Source: www.dailysabah.com