A passenger train derailed in a desert in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
There were 495 passengers and crewmembers on the train in which seven cars turned over and the other five ran off the tracks, an Interfax reported.
The train, which was en route from Almaty to Atyrau, broke up into two sections with the distance between them being 70 to 80 meters.
Six people who were injured were taken by car to the town of Makat. Three helicopters were sent over to evacuate passengers, and deputy regional governor Salimzhan Nakpayev and detectives arrived at the site.
There were five crews of firefighters, five ambulance teams and several police cars near the train. Restoration work started. The accident occurred on the territory of Kyzylkoga district, Atyrau region.
Source: FARS
