50 Injured As 2 Trains Collide In Moscow
MEP: At least 50 people were injured when a commuter train and the Moscow-Brest long-distance train collided in Moscow, Russian Railways said on Sunday.
According to TASS, fifty people applied for medical assistance on Saturday night after the motorman used the emergency brake when a person tried to cross the railway tracks.
Four carriages were derailed, with one turning upside down and visibly wrecked, as shown on footage filmed by eyewitnesses.
“At that moment 445 passengers and a train crew were on board a long-distance train, and the driver, his assistant and two ticket inspectors were on the inter-urban train,” said the Investigative Committee’s spokesperson, Tatiana Morozova, as cited by RIA Novosti. She added that among those who were hospitalized are the crew of the long-distance train and both ticket inspectors.
Video footage broadcast on state television showed emergency workers examining the damaged trains while medics assisted passengers.
The collision caused two of the commuter train’s wagons and a portion of the long-distance train to derail, Russian Railways said.
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