One accident occurred at the local railways between November 28, 2008 and December 5, 2008, the spokesperson for the Federal Transport Surveillance Service reports.

A group of eight loaded wagons that had been detached and left unhooked on the connecting line started running off the track and collided with an oil locomotive at Sverdlovsk Region Railways’ Nizhneserginskaya station at 2.30 PM on December 3, 2008. The shunting master, who was located in the front of the group, was hurt badly and died in hospital. The case is currently under investigation.