- At least fifty-five people were injured when the train derailed in the Ulyanovsk region.
- The accident did not cause any casualties among the passengers.
- Seventeen injured people were taken to the hospital.
At least 55 people were injured after a train derailed in Russia’s Ulyanovsk Region. local authorities said on Friday. No one died in the accident. writes TASR according to reports from AFP and DPA agencies.
Seven carriages with 415 passengers were derailed in a region about 900 kilometers east of Moscow. The train went to the capital from Chelyabinsk in the Urals. Seventeen people were taken to hospital, announced the governor of the Ulyanovsk Region, Alexey Russkich.
The cause of the incident was not immediately known, but according to information from the Interfax news agency, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (Sledkom) he suspects worn rails.
