Around 19:26 in the village of Khoroshevo at the Zhikhor railway station, the locomotive moving from the Osnova station to Kharkov and hit a man who was on the rails.
It is reported by the police communications department in the Kharkov region.
According to the driver, he saw a man on the tracks and applied emergency braking, but he was unable to avoid collision. A man died on the spot.
Police identified the deceased. It turned out to be a 56-year-old resident of the village of Khoroshevo.
On the same day, at about 7:10 p.m. at the Prostornoe railway crossing in the village of Stary Merchik, a train with the St. Petersburg - Kharkov message fatally injured an unknown man aged about 25-35. According to the driver, the man stood on the tracks facing the train. Emergency braking failed, the person died on the spot.. The identity of the deceased is established.