Seven Cars Of A Passenger Train Derailed In Russia On The Way To Moscow

The emergency occurred in the Ulyanovsk region.

Seven cars of a passenger train traveling from Chelyabinsk to Moscow derailed in the Ulyanovsk region, Russian Railways reported. The incident occurred at 6:26 near the Bryandino station. According to Shot, the train had a total of 15 cars with 415 passengers. Eight people were injured, writes Mash. The dead, according to preliminary data, there are no, the injured are hospitalized. Four ambulance crews were sent to the scene of the accident, noted in the Ulyanovsk Ministry of Health. The causes of the accident are being established.

The train was carrying children from a sports section in Zlatoust and a dance group from Chelyabinsk, Ura.ru reported. Traffic on the railroad section was suspended. To eliminate the consequences to the site of the incident sent recovery trains from stations Ulyanovsk, Bugulma, Syzran and Ruzaevka. Additional cars were also sent, in which passengers will be taken to Ulyanovsk, where the station is supposed to organize a point for medical care and further sending people along the route by other trains. In addition, an additional bed fund will be deployed in the Clinical Hospital №172, which is nearest to the accident site, to receive the wounded and injured.

The governor of the Ulyanovsk region Alexei Russkikh said that he had arrived at the scene of the accident. In turn, Russian Railways set up an operational headquarters headed by the head of the state monopoly Oleg Belozerov to investigate the causes and eliminate the consequences of the incident.

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