Train traffic partially restored near Volgograd after truck accident 08:47

After a truck accident in the Volgograd region, train traffic has partially returned to normal. In this regard reports Telegram channel of the Volga Railway (a branch of JSC Russian Railways).

“On July 30 at 01:17 Moscow time, traffic on a single track was restored on the Gremyachaya – Kotelnikovo section. The message said that 25 compartment cars of the reserve train for the evacuated passengers of the Kazan – Adler train No. 491 were sent to their destination via the Kotelnikovo station.

It was noted that water and food were distributed to all passengers.

On the afternoon of July 29, near the city of Kotelnikovo in the Volgograd region, the railway tracks I landed Passenger train traveling on the Kazan – Adler route. Before that, the train collided with a KamAZ truck at the intersection.

Later it became known that the KamAZ driver and the train driver managed to survive the train crash in the Volgograd region.

According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, nine carriages derailed as a result of the accident. Moreover, seven of them capsized There were about 800 people on the train at that moment.

Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation excited Criminal case on the accident involving a train and a truck in the Volgograd region.

It happened before this knownDeputy head of the Moscow Emergencies Ministry Maxim Seregin had an accident while on his way to a fire in Moscow.

Seregin was on his way to the fire on Yunost Street in his company car. On the way, the car crashed. A senior employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was taken to hospital with a concussion.

It is known that a Volkswagen service van with special paint for the fire department crashed into a white Mercedes-Benz sedan. The Volkswagen then crashed into a pole.

Previously reportedIt was reported that rescue work at the train derailment site in the Volgograd region was completed.