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| Over 20 injured as 2 trains collide in Moscow | |
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| More than 20 people have reportedly been injured and 16 hospitalized after a train going from Moscow to Brest collided with a commuter train. It happened after a man reportedly crossed the tracks, prompting the use of the emergency brakes. | |
| Four carriages were derailed, with one turning upside down and visibly wrecked, as shown on footage filmed by eyewitnesses. | Four carriages were derailed, with one turning upside down and visibly wrecked, as shown on footage filmed by eyewitnesses. |
| Eleven people, including a child, have been hospitalized, Sputnik news agency reported, citing Russia’s Emergencies Ministry. | Eleven people, including a child, have been hospitalized, Sputnik news agency reported, citing Russia’s Emergencies Ministry. |
| The Moscow Healthcare Department told RIA Novosti that 12 people, including a child, have been admitted to hospitals after the crash. One of the victims was in serious condition. | The Moscow Healthcare Department told RIA Novosti that 12 people, including a child, have been admitted to hospitals after the crash. One of the victims was in serious condition. |
| Fire and rescue brigades have been called to the scene and evacuated all the passengers. | Fire and rescue brigades have been called to the scene and evacuated all the passengers. |
| TASS reported that 23 people suffered injuries in the collision, citing a source in the ministry. | TASS reported that 23 people suffered injuries in the collision, citing a source in the ministry. |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has been following the situation and has ordered all necessary steps to remedy the situation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists in Moscow. | |
| “According to preliminary information, a commuter train heading from Vyazma to Moscow collided with a long-distance Moscow to Brest train after the driver used the emergency brakes, due to a person on the tracks,” the source said. | “According to preliminary information, a commuter train heading from Vyazma to Moscow collided with a long-distance Moscow to Brest train after the driver used the emergency brakes, due to a person on the tracks,” the source said. |
| “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. | |
| Foreign citizens are among the victims of the crash, according to the preliminary data obtained by the Emergencies Ministry, its head, Dmitry Puchkov, told journalists, adding that the disrupted railway’s services are expected to be brought into operation by Sunday morning. | |
| Railway services in the area have been suspended and are expected to be come back into operation no sooner than Sunday morning, a source in the railway industry told TASS, adding that an overhead system has been dismantled on the track used for trains heading from Moscow. | |
| Some 170 rescuers have been working at the site of the incident, aided with 70 pieces of equipment, including two emergency response trains. | |
| A young woman, Yulia Kolomytseva, filmed the collision from inside the train as it was sliding down the slope due to a suspected brake failure. The train driver warned the passengers of an imminent collision at least four minutes before it took place, the video reveals. | |
| “We are about to crash, out train is crashing,” Yulia cries out in the video, which has been published on social network VKontakte, moments before the carriage violently shakes and all the lights go out. | “We are about to crash, out train is crashing,” Yulia cries out in the video, which has been published on social network VKontakte, moments before the carriage violently shakes and all the lights go out. |
| Some people had seemingly jumped off the train before the collision, with the woman saying she regretted her decision not to follow suit. | |
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