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One person killed after bus collides with train in Russia's Leningrad region
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Posted on August 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on August 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
A bus collided with a freight train in Russia's Leningrad region, killing one and injuring 11. The bus entered the crossing as the train approached.
(Corrects headline, paragraph 1 after railway administration says one person killed, not two, 11 injured, not 10)
(Reuters) -One person was killed and 11 others injured when a bus collided with a freight train in Russia's Leningrad region, the regional railway administration said on Monday.
"The driver of the ... bus entered the crossing in front of an approaching freight train," the railway administration of the Leningrad region, in northwest Russia, said on the Telegram messaging app.
"The train driver applied emergency braking, but the distance was too short to prevent a collision."
The railways administration said it was a regular service bus, but Russian state news agency RIA cited the local prosecutor's office as saying it was a tourist bus.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Kim Coghill and Christian Schmollinger)
A freight train is a type of train used for transporting goods and cargo rather than passengers. They are typically longer and heavier than passenger trains.
A bus collision occurs when a bus collides with another vehicle or object, resulting in potential injuries or fatalities. Such incidents can involve various factors, including driver error or mechanical failure.
Emergency braking is a safety feature in vehicles that allows the driver to apply the brakes quickly and forcefully to stop the vehicle in a critical situation.
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