20 of May near Naro-Fominsk are faced freight and passenger trains. According to the revised data 6 people were killed, according to various estimates, from 25 to 50 received injuries of varying severity. Investigators consider three versions of what happened.
The accident happened about 12:30 on the stretch Nara – Bekasovo-1, 80 COP from Moscow. Freight train followed from Romania. He collided with a passenger train EN route Moscow – Chisinau.
The engineer of the passenger train reported that in just a few seconds before the collision he saw that the freight train went "truck truck car". Seeing this, the engineer applied emergency braking. Passengers who were at that moment on the train, reported that they heard a dull sound, and the train stopped abruptly.
A Ukrainian train, and the engineer Russian
Freight train, the accident belongs to "Ukrzaliznytsya". The company is engaged in transportation of export-import and transit cargoes in containers. The company official said that the train moved out of Romania, transporting spare parts for Renault cars. On Monday (19 may) the train was transferred to the management of Railways of Russia, at the moment of collision the train was managed by a Russian driver.
The press service of Russian Railways reported that the collision with derailed 16 cars of a freight train. One of the transportable containers literally shoved one of the cars of the oncoming passenger train. The container is knocked down the side of the car and partitions inside. According to the press service of the Railways on the passenger train were sold 394 tickets. In the accident 5 people were killed instantly, another died in hospital. Affected by various sources of 25-50 people. Fifteen of the wounded are in serious condition. Most of those killed and injured in the accident are citizens of Moldova. The identity of one of the victims until set. Most of the victims at the time of the accident was in seventh, eighth and ninth cars.
Three versions of what happened
Immediately after the crash was announced the first version of the incident, which subsequently was supported by the Governor of the Moscow region is the broken side frame of the truck of a car of a freight train.
At 15:00 Moscow time, the Moscow transport Department announced the second version. From the press release Agency that a broken rail caused the derailment of a freight train off the tracks. However, just half an hour later this version was denied.
By evening, the Investigative Committee announced the details clarified. According to them shortly before the accident on the emergency repairs were carried out. Against this background, reports in the media, there is a third version – "release path". This refers to the process of distortion of the rails due to cooling or heating, in which the rails are deformed.
The investigative Committee announced three versions of the accident – improper condition of railway tracks, the freight train malfunction error and the operator of this train. At this point, the Committee understands what has happened. For this seized carotenemia tape, record the time, speed and distance. Occurred instituted a criminal case under part 3 St. 263 criminal code (violation of safety rules of movement and railway transportation operation, entailed on imprudence death of two and more persons).
And not in the truck business there
Mikhail Burmistrov (General Director of Agency "Infoline-Analytics"), commenting on the first version of the story, focused on the fact that the version of the trolley was named as one of the first. According to Mikhail Burmistrov, the problem with the trucks recently began to be called most often as causes of accidents on Railways.
The broken side frame of the truck caused the accident in the Kirov district Novovyatskiy. Recall that the accident occurred near the station of Pozdino of the Gorky railway. With derailed 32 tank with gas condensate, and 10 of them caught fire. On the Transbaikalian railway for the same reason with derailed five cars of a freight train. In March of this year in Moscow suburbs 18 with derailed wagons of a freight train is the cause of the accident is also called a broken side frame.
Burmistrov says that the casting quality trucks in recent times really has deteriorated significantly. According to him the number of accidents on railway tracks due to fracture of the frame of the truck increased to 30 per year. Burmistrov said that the truck accident leading Ukrainian production.
Vladimir Gutenev (first Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on industry, Vice President of "Soyuzmash Russia") spoke in the State Duma with an initiative to restrict use of old railcars.
