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The railway told about the causes of a bus accident in the Leningrad region

OZhD: departure of the bus on the railway tracks caused an accident in the Leningrad region
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The departure of a tour bus on the way in front of an approaching train caused an accident at a crossing in the Leningrad region. This was announced on August 4 by the press service of the Oktyabrskaya Railway.

"The train driver applied emergency braking, but the distance was insufficient, and a collision could not be avoided," the organization's Telegram channel says.

According to preliminary data, 12 people were injured, one of them died. As a result of this incident, no rolling stock derailment was observed.

Earlier that day, a source from Izvestia reported that an accident with a tour bus had occurred in the Leningrad Region. He specified that there were 37 tourists on the bus, the transport followed the Kem — Yaroslavl route.

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