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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
St. Petersburg, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — A bus carrying tourists collided with a freight train at a railway crossing in Russia's Leningrad Region on Monday, killing one person, the regional administration's press service said.
The accident occurred at 06:21 Moscow time at the Inema railway crossing between the Lodeynoye Pole and Olonets stations, the regional department of the Russian Interior Ministry reported. A bus with 37 passengers drove through a red light onto the railway crossing, did not manage to cross it and was hit by a freight train. The train driver applied emergency braking, but the distance was insufficient and the collision could not be avoided. The bus was carrying pilgrims who were traveling to the Alexander Svirsky Monastery. A 68-year-old woman died and 12 people were injured, the department reported.
Earlier, the press service of the October Railway reported two deaths and 10 injuries as a result of the incident.
A criminal case has been opened on violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles. –0–
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