Eight carriages were derailed after the train collided with a truck in the southwestern Volgograd region.
More than 100 people are feared injured in Russia after a train collided with a truck in the southwestern Volgograd region, according to the country’s state-owned railway company.
Russian Railways confirmed in a message on its Telegram channel that eight carriages of the passenger train derailed in the collision.
Relief teams and repair trains were immediately dispatched to the scene, while service on the part of the railway line impacted has been halted indefinitely.
Officials say more than 800 people were on the train travelling from Kazan in southwest Russia to Adler on Russia’s Black Sea coast.
Speaking to state-owned news agency Tass, a law enforcement officer said earlier on Monday that the official number of those injured was more than 20.
Hundreds of emergency personnel are on site, according to domestic outlets.
Russia has been experiencing an increase in both cargo and passenger train accidents, with at least seven major incidents reported since June. So far, there have been no indications of sabotage in any of those incidents.
This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.