Authorities in the Siberian city of Kemerovo said on June 6 that one person died and more than 100 people were injured after a tram driver lost control of their vehicle and slammed into another tram. Seventy-eight people, including five children, were hospitalized. Two people are in a very serious condition, officials said. A video circulated on the Internet showing a tram moving at an extremely high speed, its doors falling off and several people falling out onto a highway. Kemerovo Mayor Dmitry Anisimov said 90 percent of the city's trams are about 40 years old. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities. click here.
1 Dead, Dozens Injured After Trams Collide In Siberia
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