Four railway workers killed by train in Kazakhstan
Four members of a track maintenance crew were killed by a freight train at a railway station in central Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Xinhua reported, citing Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.
The incident occurred when scheduled rail replacement work was underway on the Mointy-Shyganak railway section, according to KTZ's press service.
The locomotive driver applied emergency braking after spotting track workers on the railway, according to the press service.
A special commission has been dispatched to the site to determine the cause of the incident, and support will be provided to the families of the victims, it added.
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