Passenger train gets derailed at Sverdlovsk Region Railways

12 July 2007 (08:52)

Passenger train 354 going from Perm to Priobie was derailed at 4.40 PM on July 11, 2007. The accident occurred at the 491st kilometer of Sverdlovsk Region Railways. Nine cars were derailed altogether; five of them actually toppled over. No people have been reported as killed so far, but some of the passengers were wounded. The road police as well as rescue teams from the Ministry of Emergencies, police officers from the Transport Department headed by Valeriy Aleshin, ambulance men, and representatives of Sverdlovsk Region Railways arrived at the scene at once.


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