September 08, 2024 06:02 (IST)
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Moscow, May 20 (IBNS): At least six people were killed as a freight train collided with a passenger train west of the Russian capital of Moscow, media reports said.
Several others were injured in the mishap.
“There are 17 emergency teams working at the scene of the accident, including six on-call paramedic brigades from the city of Naro-Fominsk, five on-call paramedic teams from Moscow, three teams from the local center of disaster medicine, four teams from the All-Russia Center of Disaster Medicine Zashchita with the Russian Health Ministry and one aerial medical team,” Ria Navosti news agency reported quoting Russian health authority's statement.
Rescuers are performing rescue operation at the site of the mishap.
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