Passenger train collided with truck in Mordovia

In the Republic of Mordovia, a passenger train traveling on the Ulyanovsk – Moscow route collided with a truck with an empty gasoline tank. This was reported on February 4 on the website of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

"At 02:52 (Moscow time) in Zubovo-Polyansky district, at the railway crossing of the 456th km of the Kuibyshev Railway, an Ulyanovsk-Moscow passenger train collided with a Scania truck (with an empty gasoline tank)," the publication says.

It is noted that there was no train derailment as a result of the incident. Train traffic is expected to be restored by the morning of the same day.

At the same time, the truck driver was injured in the accident.

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According to the press service of the Oktyabrskaya Railway, one person was killed and 16 others were injured.

On January 21, four empty cargo tanks derailed in the Tula region as part of a train of 71 cars heading towards Yelets. There were no casualties as a result of the incident.

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