Freight trains in the Amur region collided due to a heart attack of the driver

The driver who was driving one of the freight trains that collided on July 17 in the Amur region, in all likelihood, had a heart attack. In the company “A-Property” (owner of the Elga complex) “Interfax” statedthat it could have caused the accident.

“Two wounded were taken to Verkhniy Ulak and await medical aviation. Rescue work is underway. Previously, the cause of the accident was the driver’s heart attack. Currently, work is underway to eliminate the accident, ”the company said.

The collision, according to updated data, led to the derailment of not 90 cars, as reported earlier in the Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor’s Office, but nine.

“The accident happened in a hard-to-reach place, very bad communication. We do not exclude the possibility that during the transmission of information the person who received it might not have heard, ”the prosecutor’s office explained.

Elgaugol promised to provide the families of the victims and injured with all the necessary assistance, including material assistance.