At least two people have been killed and up to 100 people are feared injured after a passenger train carrying 800 people collided with a truck, derailing eight carriages, Russian media outlets report.
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Some of the carriages lay twisted and battered beside the railway track, the reports said.
The train had been travelling from Kazan in Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea when it derailed in the southern Volgograd region near the Kotelnikovo station about 1200km south of Moscow, the emergencies ministry said.
"Paramedics are on the scene," the ministry said, adding that 324 emergency workers were involved in the operation. Emergency helicopters have also been scrambled, it said.
The Mash Telegram channel said at least two people were killed but the death toll could rise. Interfax news agency said up to 100 people could be injured.
Unverified video on Telegram showed at least four carriages derailed, some twisted, with people climbing out of one that was on its side beside the rails.
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