A passenger train violently collided with a freight train in Far North Russias Murmansk region on Wednesday afternoon, reportedlyinjuring at least 14 people.Around eight coaches of the St.
Petersburg-bound train carrying 326 passengersderailed at the Knyazhaya train station 1,200 kilometers (770 miles) north of Moscow.Video shared by transportation law enforcement authoritiesshowed a night-time pile-up that blocked traffic at the station.Three injured passengers are inserious condition, according to anonymous emergency sources cited by the state-run news agency TASS.Murmansk region Governor Andrei Chibissaid buses had been dispatched to evacuate the stranded passengers.The accident may have been caused by a freight train malfunction, TASScited another anonymous emergency source as saying.
Interfax, also citing anonymous emergency sources,reported that authorities are looking into human error and a technical malfunction during bad weather as the cause of the collision.