O. Vilkul urgently off to Sumy to scene of accident at railway crossing

Vice Prime Minister Olexandr Vilkul immediately stopped his working trip to Donetsk and departed to Sumy to hold operational meeting of the State Commission of Technogenic and Ecological Safety and Emergencies.

According to current information, a locomotive and a shuttle bus clashed at a railway crossing in the Sumy region on February 4, at 15:35. According to preliminary information, 12 people were killed and 5 more were injured. Specialists of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and Emergency Medical Services went to the scene to provide the necessary assistance.