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The railway station constructing, one of many websites of the bloody fight within the Battle of Stalingrad throughout the World Struggle II, dominates the skyline within the Russian metropolis of Volgograd, previously Stalingrad, on January 30, 2013. In a brand new show of nationwide delight and reminder of its standing as a world energy, Russia remembers this weekend the Purple Military victory within the battle of Stalingrad over invading Nazi forces, one of many bloodiest battles in human historical past. AFP PHOTO (Picture credit score ought to learn MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP through Getty Photos)
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MOSCOW – Not less than two individuals had been killed and as much as 100 individuals injured on Monday when a passenger prepare carrying 800 individuals collided with a Kamaz truck, derailing eight carriages, Russian media shops reported.
Among the carriages lay twisted and battered beside the railway observe, they mentioned.
The prepare had been travelling from Kazan in Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea when it derailed within the southern Volgograd area close to the Kotelnikovo station about 1,200 km (750 miles) south of Moscow, the emergencies ministry mentioned.
“Paramedics are on the scene,” the ministry mentioned, including that 324 emergency employees had been concerned within the operation. Emergency helicopters have additionally been scrambled, it mentioned.
The Mash Telegram channel mentioned no less than two individuals had been killed however that the demise toll may rise. Interfax information company mentioned that as much as 100 individuals could possibly be injured.
Unverified video on Telegram confirmed no less than 4 carriages derailed, some twisted, with individuals climbing out of 1 that was on its aspect beside the rails.
Mash revealed video exhibiting the battered stays of the cabin of a Kamaz truck beside the derailed prepare.
TASS cited unidentified sources in Russian regulation enforcement as saying that 20 individuals had been injured when the prepare collided with a Kamaz truck.
