The UK named the cause of the train derailment in the Irkutsk region

The preliminary reason for the derailment of a freight train in the Irkutsk region is a foreign object found on the railway tracks. This was announced on November 21 by the press service of the Eastern Interregional Investigative Department for Transport (IMT) of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia.

"The preliminary cause of the incident is the leaving of a foreign object on the railway tracks by workers who carried out their repairs," the agency said in a Telegram channel message.

It is specified that a criminal case was opened on this incident by the investigators of the Bratsk Investigation Department for Transport.

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