Eight wagons of freighter derail in Dagestan, no casualties
MAKHACHKALA. September 21. KAZINFORM Eight wagons of a freighter have derailed on the Baku-Rostov railway line near the city of Kizilyurt in Dagestan. The accident resulted from small rivers washing away the railway embankment due to the rain going on for about 24 hours, a source in the duty unit of the transport police department of the Makhachkala branch of the North Caucasus Railway told, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
No casualties were reported in the accident.
Meanwhile, a section of the Caucasus federal highway was washed away near Kizilyurt. Emergency teams of railway workers and road workers are about to go to the accident site. Emergency road sections will be examined and the restoration works will begin in the daytime, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.