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Nine of fourteen customer coach cars slammed into the Komi region of western Russia on June 26 leaving at least 70 people injured.
The cars left the station in the city of Inta, according to TASS, and derailed. The government of the Komi area, Vladimir Uyba, the mind of Inta’s metropolitan area, Vladimir Kiselyov, and First Deputy Mayor Grigory Nikolayev went to the scene of the disaster, according to a Telegram , article.
No fatalities have been reported, but TASS , said , at least 70 of the 232 people were injured. According to RFE/RL’s Russian Service, 150 travellers were reportedly using the derailed vehicles.
A rider who climbed out of one of the vehicles described the scene as a “nightmare” in a , video , on Telegram showing the disrupted vehicles lying on their part.
Authorities blame the disaster on a cleaned- out embankment. According to the local Health Ministry, the same amount of rain that caused the embankment to weaken has resulted in flooding and impassable roads that are preventing emergency services.
Soviet Railways, the business that owns the No. 1, sent two restoration trains to the site of the accident. 511 Vorkuta- Novorossiysk. Additionally, the government disclosed to TASS that specialists will travel to the accident site in three aircraft within an hour.
Teach customers in the region has been suspended and the Transport Prosecutor’s Office announced an inspection. Oleg Belozerov, the head of Russian Railways, is also the subject of an investigation, according to a Telegram blog.
A criminal event was opened in 2019 regarding the accident of 23 transport automobiles in Komi. TASS , reported , that the cargo train derailed due to erosion caused by a hose- pipe fault, and no injuries were reported.
