The tragedy occurred at one of the crossings of the Nikopol-Marganets line - a shunting locomotive collided with a passenger bus. According to preliminary reports, the accident killed 43 people, 8 are still in hospital in serious condition.
The accident, which occured October 12 in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the police evaluated as the worst since 1991. The tragedy occurred at one of the crossings of the Nikopol-Marganets line – a shunting locomotive collided with a passenger bus. According to preliminary reports, the accident killed 43 people, 8 are still in hospital in serious condition.
The president of Ukraine announced that October 13 would be a day of national mourning.