With AFP reporting Eleonore dermy January 30, 2013 The train station building was one of the sites of bloody battles during the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II and dominates the Russian city of Volgograd ( The former Stalingrad skyline. and a reminder of its status as a world power. AFP photo (photo credit should be MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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MOSCOW – A passenger train carrying 800 people collided with a Kamaz truck on Monday, derailing eight carriages and killing at least two people and injuring as many as 100 others, Russian media reported.
They said some of the carriages lay twisted and battered beside the tracks.
The train was traveling from Kazan in Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea when it derailed near the Kotelnikovo station in the southern Volgograd region, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of Moscow, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. .
“Paramedics are on scene,” the ministry said, adding that 324 first responders were involved in the operation. According to reports, emergency helicopters have also been dispatched.
The Mash Telegram channel said at least two people died but the death toll could rise. Interfax said up to 100 people may have been injured.
Unconfirmed footage on Telegram showed at least four carriages derailed, some twisted, and someone crawling out of a carriage on the side of the tracks.
Video posted by Marsh showed the wreckage of a Kamaz truck cab next to the derailed train.
The TASS news agency quoted unnamed sources from Russian law enforcement as saying that the train collided with a Kamaz truck, injuring 20 people.
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