Oct 24 (Reuters) – Six people were killed and one person was injured when a train collided with a minibus in Russia’s Far Eastern Jewish Autonomous Region, local railway authorities said.
According to railway officials, the minibus attempted to cross the tracks at a level crossing despite a red signal and was struck by a passenger train bound for the city of Blagoveshchensk.
All the victims were in the minibus. The train’s passengers and crew were not hurt.
The state-run RIA news agency, citing regional prosecutors, reported that all the minibus occupants were foreign nationals, but did not specify their nationalities.
(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov. Editing by Mark Potter and Ros Russell)
