A railway accident occurred in the Volgograd region due to a violation of traffic rules by the KamAZ driver. In this regard reports On the Russian Railways Telegram channel.
“The driver of the car grossly violated traffic rules and drove into the crossing in front of a nearby train with a properly functioning alarm.
“The locomotive crew took all necessary precautions in this situation in accordance with the instructions,” the publication says.
It was reported that the driver applied emergency brakes but the collision could not be prevented due to the short distance between the train and the car. The speed of the locomotive was 65 km/h.
Russian Railways also stressed that the railway here is “well visible” and the train’s visibility when approaching the crossing is more than a kilometre.
Previously a KamAZ driver named The reason for the collision with a train near Volgograd. According to him, he did not have time to slow down before moving off.
Eight carriages of the Kazan – Adler train number 491 in the Volgograd region on July 29 I landed Derailed after collision with KamAZ truck. About 100 people were injured, including six children. Train traffic was stopped at the scene of the accident.
It later turned out that the KamAZ driver and the train driver managed to survive the train crash in the Volgograd region.
It’s happened before knownThe KamAZ truck that collided with a train near Volgograd was arrested for debts, he said.