In the Izmail district of Odesa region, near the Pashbuly station, a freight train collided with a passenger bus at a railway crossing. The train dragged the bus 500 meters. 15 bus passengers died, 24 were injured. They were hospitalized at the Izmail Central District Hospital. \nThe accident occurred at 7:30 in the morning. The LAZ bus was traveling toward Izmail from the village of Vasylivka. \nAccording to preliminary data, the bus driver violated the crossing rules at an unregulated railway crossing. \nTwo units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working at the accident site.
The investigation into the causes of the disaster is under the control of Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev, according to Fakty, ICTV.