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At least two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus carrying tourists collided with a freight train in Russia's Leningrad region.

Axar.az informs, citing TASS, according to the press service of the October Railway, the accident was caused by a scheduled bus entering the tracks in front of an oncoming train. The collision occurred at 06:11 Moscow time at a railway crossing between the Lodeynoye Pole and Olonets stations.

“The train driver initiated emergency braking, but the distance was too short, and the collision could not be avoided,” the statement said.

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The number of people injured after a tourist bus collided with a freight train in Russia’s Leningrad Region has increased to 16, one person has died, the press service of the regional administration reported.

Earlier, the Oktyabrskaya Railway Company press service reported that ten were killed and ten were injured as a result of the incident.

"According to the information of the Leningrad Region’s Health Committee, as a result of the collision of a bus with a freight train at the crossing in the Lodeynoye Pole district, one person died, and 16 passengers were injured," the statement said.