One person was killed and 16 otheres wounded after a bus collided with a freight train in Russia’s Leningrad region, the regional railway administration said on Monday.
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On the Telegram messaging app, the railway administration of the Leningrad region, in northwest Russia, “The driver of the … bus entered the crossing in front of an approaching freight train.”
“The train driver applied emergency braking, but the distance was too short to prevent a collision.”
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The railways administration claimed it was a regular service bus; however, the Russian state news agency RIA cited the local prosecutor’s office as stating it was a tourist bus.
