Undermining train

On Monday at 21:38 Moscow time on the Burga - Malaya Vishera October railroad accident occurred, which resulted in a derailed locomotive and 12 cars of a train №166. The accident injured 60 people, of whom more than 30 are hospitalized. Three in serious condition hospitalized Malaya Vishera, near the site of the accident.

Accident train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in the Novgorod region was the result of undermining the way an improvised explosive device, said Tuesday morning RIA Novosti reported with reference to preliminary data the press service of "Russian Railways».

Currently, bomb technicians, working at the scene of the train, set the type and capacity of the alleged bomb. According to preliminary estimates of experts, it could be bezobolochnoe improvised explosive devices up to 500 grams of TNT ekvivalenteMashinist trains and passengers say they heard cotton before the accident occurred. "The accident occurred just after the train proceeded over the bridge ... Many say that hearing a bang," - said by telephone one of the passengers of the train.

Guides train from Moscow to St. Petersburg say they have heard before the cars derailed, two cotton.

Workers renovating the way to the scene of the accident the passenger train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, say that there is detected funnel.



According to "Russian Railways" train "Nevsky Express" was sold 231 tickets. Brigade train consisted of 20 people. The press release states that sought medical treatment 60 people, 25 people were sent to hospital in Small Vishera the Novgorod region.

Another eight injured passengers of the train, including a 12-year-old girl and a citizen of Italy, doctors hospitalized after their arrival in the diesel train to Moscow railway station St. Petersburg. Two people are in critical condition.

As a result of an accident with a derailed locomotive and 12 cars. Passengers crashed trains were delivered to the diesel train to St. Petersburg.