Tram collision in southern Russia leaves one dead, 90 injured
On Thursday in Kemerovo, in southern Russia, a tragic incident occurred. As a result of a collision between two trams, one person lost their life, and 90 were injured. This information was provided by local authorities, as cited by the Reuters news agency.
4:47 AM EDT, June 6, 2024
Ilya Seredyuk, the region's acting governor, reported that the condition of three people injured in this event is very serious. "Two of them are in intensive care, one is on the operating table. Doctors are fighting for their lives," he added.
According to TASS, 90 people were injured, 78 of whom were hospitalized. Later, it was found that one of the victims had died.
Russia. Brake failure the cause of the tragedy?
Unofficial reports on social media suggest that the cause of the accident could have been a brake failure in one of the trams. This tram, moving at high speed, collided with the other tram. Footage from a surveillance camera posted on platform X shows the speeding tram and a person who falls out of the vehicle under the wheels of the cars.
The city tram company issued a statement to the media denying that the tram involved in the accident was faulty. The local portal VSE42 provided this information.
