Trouble at the crossing: bus collided with train in Leningrad region

The car accident occurred at a railway crossing, where a passenger bus carrying tourists collided with a freight train. The incident was reported by the transport Prosecutor's office. According to the latest information, one person was killed and 16 more passengers were injured. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Bus and train collision: what is known

In the morning, a passenger bus was crossing a railway crossing at Inema station in Lodeynopolsky district and collided with a freight train. The footage shows that the impact was so strong that the luggage compartment and two floors of the rear of the vehicle were crushed, and the cladding was uprooted. In addition, the windows of the bus were broken.

In total, 37 tourists were in the transport en route from Kem to Yaroslavl. A source told Izvestia that the tour bus was carrying pilgrims heading to Tutaev, Yaroslavl region, to the monastery of Alexander Svirsky. Ilya Osokin, who was injured in the incident, told Izvestia that he was asleep when the emergency occurred. He escaped with bruises and assumed that he flew out of the window during the collision.

"It was early in the morning, I was asleep. I woke up already in the clearing, it turns out. Wondering how it happened, I realize that I just flew out the window," Ilya Osokin explained.

The man told reporters that he had heard screams. According to him, the victims were helped by emergency services and caring people who provided water. An ambulance, traffic police and emergency services were also working at the site, follows from the words of Ilya Osokin.

"I was taken to the hospital by ambulance, and they did a CT scan and ultrasound. I was examined by a traumatologist, now I'm lying in the ward," he added.

According to the press service of the regional administration, one person died from his injuries at the scene, 16 more passengers were injured, 7 of them are in serious condition. Ambulance crews are transporting the injured to the nearest hospitals.

"Seven people are in serious condition. <...> Helicopters of the sanitary aviation are involved in the delivery of the injured to the Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital," the regional health committee reported.

Preliminary reasons

The alleged cause of the car accident was the departure of a bus on the way in front of an approaching train, as reported by the press service of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. As the organization wrote in its official Telegram channel, it was not possible to avoid a collision, since the distance was insufficient even with the use of emergency braking. The railway clarified that there was no derailment of the rolling stock.

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

The official Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation put forward a preliminary version, according to which the driver of the passenger bus ignored the forbidding traffic light signal and drove to the railway crossing directly in front of the moving freight train.

An investigation has been launched into the incident

Law enforcement agencies, including Volkhostroevsky transport prosecutor Pavel Ivoilov, arrived at the scene.

"The Volkhostroyevsky Transport Prosecutor's Office is checking the implementation of legislation on safety in the operation of railway transport and the observance of passengers' rights after an incident at a crossing in the Leningrad region. According to preliminary data, on August 4, 2025, a bus with tourists collided with a gas train at the regulated crossing of Inema station. The circumstances are being established," Ivoilov commented on the incident.

The Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region has opened a criminal case into the collision of a tour bus with a train at a railway crossing near Lodeynoye Pole. The agency stated this in the official Telegram channel, which adds that a criminal case has been initiated under Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles").

In addition, the Investigative Committee said that the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, would be presented with a report on the investigation of the criminal case.

The North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office also announced that it was checking the implementation of legislation on safety in the operation of railway transport and the observance of passengers' rights.

The investigative authorities of the Western Interregional Investigative Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have opened a criminal case on the violation of the rules of safety of movement and operation of railway transport on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the rules of safety of movement and operation of railway, air, sea and inland waterway transport, and the subway").