19-Dec-2024 11:26 AM
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Moscow, Dec 19 (Reporter) A total of 31 people, including 5 children, have been injured in a collision of passenger and freight trains in Russia's Murmansk Region, the Russian Railways said on Thursday.
"According to the clarified information, 31 people, including 5 children, were injured on December 18 as a result of the incident with train No. 11 Murmansk–St. Petersburg," the train operator said on Telegram.
Fourteen people have been hospitalized, with four of them in critical condition, it also said, adding that the death toll at the moment stood at two people.
On Wednesday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM) told RIA Novosti that 14 people were injured in the collision, with three of them in serious condition, the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM) told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Later in the day, a source in the region's emergency services told RIA Novosti that a woman died while being taken to the hospital from the collision site. On Thursday, Governor Andrei Chibis said that another person injured in the collision has died...////...