Seven individuals injured in the collision between a freight train and a passenger train in the Kandalaksha district of the Murmansk region have been transferred to medical facilities in the area. This was reported by Governor Andrey Chibis on his Telegram channel.
“A total of 27 people were injured, <...> seven of whom have been moved to regional institutions, with five receiving treatment at the Murmansk Regional Hospital,” he stated.
The governor noted that two of the injured could not be saved.
The passenger train traveling from Murmansk to St. Petersburg collided with a freight train in the Murmansk region. More than 10 people were injured.
According to preliminary data, the cause of the collision was a brake failure on the freight train, which rolled down a slope and crashed into the passenger train. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has initiated a criminal case, and the driver of the freight train has been detained—he was not in the cabin at the time of the accident. More details about the incident can be found in the article from “Gazeta.Ru.”
Earlier, the governor of the Murmansk region published a list of those affected in the train accident.