Two trains collided head-on in the Russian Federation: 25 passengers were injured

Two trains collided head-on in the Russian Federation: 25 passengers were injured

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In Russia, 25 passengers were injured in a head-on collision between two trains in the Ulyanovsk region, with a total of 396 people on board, including 94 children. Despite emergency braking, the accident was unavoidable.

A passenger train with 396 passengers traveling from Adler to Perm collided head-on with another train in the Ulyanovsk region of Russia. It is currently known that 25 passengers were injured in the 25 passengers were injured in the accident. This was reported by UNN with reference telegram channel Baza.

The train collision occurred in the Cherdaklinsky district of the Ulyanovsk region between the stations Bryandino and Tyinsk

- the report says.

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According to the to the press service of Russian Railways (rzhd), the driver managed to to apply emergency braking, but the collision could not be avoided. It is noted that 25 passengers, including one minor, were treated by doctors. In total, at the time of the accident At the time of the accident, there were 396 passengers on the train, including 94 children.

According to a preliminary version, the trains in the Ulyanovsk region collided due to a false signal of free tracks.

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