1 killed, 9 injured after train-bus collision in southern Kazakhstan

Source: Xinhua| 2019-09-16 00:50:17|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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NUR-SULTAN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- A bus driver was killed and nine injured after a train-bus collision in the Almaty region in southern Kazakhstan, the regional mayor's office confirmed on Sunday.

The accident took place at around 19:20 local time (1320 GMT) on the Yekaterinburg-Almaty highway. The train at full speed crashed into the bus with 67 people at a crossing at Shamalgan station.

The bus driver drove onto the railway during a traffic jam. The bus remained on the railway track when the train approached. An investigation is underway.

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