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The Moscow Interregional Transport Office of the Investigative Committee has opened an investigation in breach of railway transport safety and operation standards entailing large damage under Part 1 of Article 263 of the RF Penal Code after a collision of two trains at the Kuntsevo-2 station.

According to investigators, a commuter train travelling from Moscow to Usovo collided with a passenger train en route from Moscow to Brest at about 10:40 PM on Saturday, at kilometer mark 9 between Fili and Kuntsevo-2 stations. More than 50 people were injured and 12 of them hospitalized. The locomotive of the passenger train and 3 carriages of the commuter train derailed.

Investigators were working to gather necessary evidence. An investigative team of employees of the investigative office, transport police and the Federal Security Service has been set up and is now working. By now they have examined the main parts of damaged trains, seized documents and items relative to the investigation, ordered forensic inquiries. They are now questioning witnesses and working to confirm the number and names of the injured.

The investigators are going to assess the actions of the commuter train crew and determine possible reasons for the collision.

The investigation is ongoing.