Ukrzaliznytsya has two versions of a train collision in the Khmelnytsky region

28 May 2017, 01:08 | Incidents
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On the morning of Saturday, May 27, at the station "Nigin" in Khmelnytsky region, the locomotive of a freight train collided with a passenger train. Six passengers were injured, including four children.

PE on the railway occurred in 5. 55.

According to the State Emergency Situations Service, during the maneuvering, a freight train of 17 wagons with rubble collided with a passenger train with a message Kiev-Kamenets-Podolsky consisting of 15 wagons.

"As a result of the collision, a locomotive and two freight cars with rubble spread, the locomotive and the passenger car derailed. In a passenger train there were 541 people, as a result of the accident six people were injured, four of them were injured (slight physical injuries, bruises and scratches), ".

The injured were taken to the Kamenets-Podolsk hospital. The remaining passengers were taken to the place of destination by bus.

The "Ukrazaliznytsia" Commission considers two versions of the incident.



"The first is a gross violation by the driver of a freight train of the rules of shunting operations, the passage to a forbidden signal. The second is the erroneous actions of the duty officer at the station, who gave incorrect instructions to the locomotive driver, "commented the head of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia, Yevgeny Kravtsov.

He promised that the passengers will be compensated, "Ukrzaliznytsya" will also take the costs of treating the injured.

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