Continued: the Number of victims at collision of a train and the train in Moscow rose to 16
In the West of Moscow, Saturday, April 8, the trains crashed into commuter train. About it the correspondent “Tapes.ru”, citing a source in law enforcement bodies.
The incident occurred at about 23:00 on the tracks of the Belarusian direction of the Moscow railway (MZHD), near the house №4 along the street Gerasim Kurina. The first wagon train derailed, blocking traffic.
According to the source, has suffered three passengers of the train Moscow — Brest. They received severe injuries. The train, he noted, was empty. RIA Novosti citing representative of a capital Central Board of the Ministry of emergency situations reported about four victims.
According to preliminary data, accident happened from-for malfunctions of the automatic control of railway arrows. In this case the reason also considered the human factor, the source said.
On a scene of profit of 12 fire-fighting crews, four rescue squad and 12 ambulances.