Dmitry Medvedev commissions to investigate into the cause of Nevsky Express derailment

14:56 28/11/2009 » Society

Dmitry Medvedev commissions to investigate into the cause of Nevsky Express derailment

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu to take all necessary measures to extend assistance to those injured in the derailment of a Russian express train on Friday, Russian sources said.

Medvedev has also ordered federal security service FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov and Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika to investigate into the cause of the disaster.

Four carriages of the Nevsky Express traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg went off the tracks at 9:30 p.m. Moscow time (1830 GMT) near the town of Bologoye on the border between the Tver and Novgorod regions. At least 25 people have been killed and 102 others injured.

The railroad monopoly said trains will move along a bypass route after the accident to keep railroad communication between the two largest Russian cities running.

The 14-carriage train was carrying 633 passengers and 20 railway personnel when the incident took place, the emergency situations ministry said.

Source: Panorama.am

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