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At least 17 killed as bus 'torn apart' in horrific collision with train (PHOTO, VIDEO) At least 16 killed as bus 'torn apart' in horrific collision with train (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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At least 17 people were killed when a train plowed into a crowded bus on a railway crossing in the Vladimir Region east of Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement. At least 16 people, including a child, were killed when a train plowed into a crowded bus on a railway crossing in Russia’s Vladimir Region. Authorities say the bus was “literally torn apart
The tragedy happened at 3:39am on Friday near the Pokrov station in Vladimir Region.
According to preliminary data from the Russian Investigative Committee, at least 16 people, including a child, were killed in the incident. 
Some passengers, including minors, were taken to hospitals with various injuries, the committee added.
Neither the passengers of the train nor the train personnel were injured in the incident, Russian Railways told Russian media.
Early indications are that the driver ignored a red traffic light, and the bus’ engine stalled as the vehicle was crossing the tracks.
The regional governor’s press secretary told RIA Novosti that the bus, with Kazakhstan license plates and carrying Uzbek citizens, was going around a traffic jam when it arrived at the railroad crossing and stalled.
“People inside the bus were sleeping, there were about 50 of them. The driver shouted and 34 people ran out of the bus to push it. They survived. Those who remained in the bus died. It got literally torn apart.”
Local health authorities, cited by TASS, report that 19 people were killed. Earlier reports by local authorities indicated there were at least two children in critical condition after the collision.
The accident happened at 3:39am on Friday near the Pokrov station in Vladimir Region. Two children, a boy and a girl, are in serious condition, medics from a local hospital told RIA Novosti.
A hospital caring for the injured has told Sputnik news agency that five people have been admitted, and that four of them are in critical condition. Police are working on the ground to establish the details of the accident. Early data indicates the driver went across the rail tracks in spite of a red traffic light, and the bus's engine stalled in the process.
The regional governor's press secretary told RIA that the bus, with Kazakhstan license plates and carrying Uzbek citizens, was going around a traffic jam when it arrived at the railroad crossing and stalled.
"People inside the bus were sleeping, there were 50 of them. The driver shouted and 34 people ran out of the bus to push it. They survived. Those who remained in the bus died. It got literally torn apart," Rita Shlyakhtina said.
Russian Gazeta.ru newspaper released a video of the aftermath of the crash.Russian Gazeta.ru newspaper released a video of the aftermath of the crash.