A passenger train derailed in the Murmansk region.
Footage of a train that derailed publishes Telegram channel "Murmansk Now." The authors clarify that passenger train No. 11Murmansk - Saint Petersburg» collided with a freight train in the area KovdyThe video shows several overturned train cars lying on the railroad tracks.
There are no reports of casualties yet.
UPD
According to Telegram channel 112, the train was derailed got off Three passenger cars. The train carried 326 passengers.
There are reports of a woman being trapped between train cars.
Russian Railways clarifies that the "sideways collision" occurred at 4:15 p.m. Moscow time. Traffic on the section has been suspended, and trains have been pulled out of stations. Kandalaksha и Kem recovery trains have been dispatched.
UPD2 Telegram channel Baza сообщаетAround 3:00 PM, a freight train's pantograph failed and it was waiting for help. However, about an hour later, its brakes failed and it rolled onto another track, where it collided with a passenger train.
The number of victims has preliminarily risen to eight people.
According to Shot, among the victims is a woman with a child, who pinched in one of the carriages.