5 Dead and 14 Injured when Freight Train Hits Bus

[kellyhound]

The district state flags flown at half mast and canceled all entertainment events.

According to media reports, in Poronaisk arrived Sakhalin Governor Alexander Horoshavin.

It is assumed that he will visit the injured in hospital and help them discuss further assistance.

On the website of the National Union of Liability Insurers noted that the victims and relatives of those killed in a traffic accident on Sakhalin are entitled to compensation of up to two million rubles.

tragedy in the village Gastello Poronayskiy District occurred on June 10. At a railway crossing freight train rammed a bus service Hundai Aero Town, coming from Poronaisk the regional center.

The bus was more than 30 passengers, of which result from accidents, five were killed and 14 received injuries of varying severity.

13 injured were hospitalized, two of them in serious condition in intensive care. Among the victims of the accident two children.

Upon incident a criminal case under Part 5 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code (“Violation of traffic rules, resulting in the death of two or more persons”).

It is assumed that the accident was caused by the bus driver who had been repeatedly prosecuted for traffic violations.

According to preliminary information, he ran a redlight at the level crossing.

[CuriousCanadian]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT DRIVER THINKING

[dirty ike]

That's the problem , he wasn't. I still don't get the stupidity involved with trains, they can't stop in time.

[Sharon]

That bus just ambled right into the railway

[Shakey]

If you're going to run the light, do it with a purpose.

[the hawk]

Fucking idiot

[Desensitisation]

The thing is, I don't see any active flashing lights on the side being approached by the filmer, and it should be pretty clear on an overcast day like that. Failed warning lights?

[Faline]

[unknown2u]

[Teknobry]

Bus held up remarkably well, normally things get split in half when rammed by trains.