TRAIN DERAILS, FALLS ONTO SHORELINE IN RUSSIA'S SAKHALIN (VIDEO) (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, November 03, 2014, 20:55

One person has reportedly been killed and 17 others injured after a two-car train derailed and fell onto the shoreline in Russia's Sakhalin region. Work to clear the debris and repair the track continues.

“All 17 victims have been taken to a hospitals in Kholmsk and Chekhov with injuries of varying degrees. The other passengers refused medical assistance,” said the press service of the regional branch of the Emergencies Ministry.

The accident happened at 18:35 local time between the port towns of Kholmsk and Chekhov when one of the two cars slid off the track, presumably due to water washing out soil under the railroad tracks. A rail maintenance foreman died as a result of the incident, a representative of the railway, Sergey Sashinskiy, told TASS. In total, 45 people were aboard the train.

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