Passenger train fatally crushed a woman in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

The prosecutor's office has launched an inspection into the death of a woman on the railroad tracks in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The victim was hit by a passenger train.

The tragedy occurred on December 3 near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-Gruzovoy station. According to preliminary data, the woman was crossing the tracks in the wrong place, she was wearing headphones. The victim was hit by a train coming from Poronaisk, writes IA SakhalinMedia.

The Prosecutor's Office is checking compliance with the legislation on railway transportation safety.

In late November, a freight train ran over a pensioner to death in Krasnoyarsk Krai. The 67-year-old woman died due to failure to maintain a safe distance to the railroad bed.