Update on Bus, Train Crash - Bus Stalled, Pictures of Deadliest Auto Accident in Ukraine Ever

An alarming silence is still ringing throughout the second largest country in Europe. Just 24 hours ago, passengers aboard a commuter bus were traveling on a village road between two cities in Eastern Ukraine, many on their way to work. A crash ending to their schedule and, for 43 of the passengers, their lives occurred when the driver of the bus ignored the siren of the oncoming train. According to investigators,  the bus stalled on the tracks leaving it prey to the train, which it dragged for 300 yards. Click here for full story.

Ukrainian Railways say that the 35-year-old train engineer pulled the emergency brakes as soon he saw the bus 500 meters away, or about a third of a mile, but it was too late. The train was traveling at 47 miles per hour and couldn't stop in time. Under normal conditions it would take a train, going at this rate, about 1.5 miles to stop.

 

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