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Russia: Two dead, 100 injured after train collides with truck
Aruna Shantha
29-Jul-2024 18:05:58
A passenger train with 800 passengers collided with a Kamaz truck in Russia�s Volgograd region, resulting in the death of at least two people and injuring up to 100 others. The accident occurred near Kotelnikovo station, causing eight carriages to derail. Emergency services, including paramedics and helicopters, were deployed to manage the situation.
At least two people were killed and up to 100 people injured on Monday when a passenger train carrying 800 people collided with a Kamaz truck, derailing eight carriages, Russian media outlets reported.
Some of the carriages lay twisted and battered beside the railway track, they said.
The train had been travelling from Kazan in Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea when it derailed in the southern Volgograd region near the Kotelnikovo station about 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) south of Moscow, the emergencies ministry said.
"Paramedics are on the scene," the ministry said, adding that 324 emergency workers were involved in the operation.
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