At Least 140 People Hurt as Russian Train Smashes Into Truck

A view shows people near derailed carriages of a passenger train after a collision with a truck in the Volgograd Region, Russia, on July 29, 2024. Head of the Kotelnikovsky Municipal District of the Volgograd Region Sergey Ponkratov via Telegram/Handout via Reuters

MOSCOW—At least 140 people were injured in southern Russia on Monday when a train carrying 800 passengers smashed into a truck on a level crossing, causing eight carriages to derail, Russian Railways said.

The driver of the train, which was travelling from Kazan in Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea, slammed on the brakes when he saw the Kamaz truck, whose driver had broken traffic rules and entered the crossing despite alarms, Russian Railways added.