Named as the reason of state of emergency in Moscow metro

Named another cause of the derailment of a train in the Moscow metro. The emergencies Ministry says a sudden deceleration of the train, which led to the incident.

From the station "Slavic Boulevard" evacuated more than 200 people, told in law enforcement bodies. Earlier it was reported that since the "Victory Park" raised to 50 people. According to news agencies, the number of victims reaches 50 people.

The final version of the accident is formed. The emergencies Ministry came to the conclusion that the accident happened due to a sudden deceleration of the train. At first, the MOE has named another reason of the smoke of the blue line of the Moscow metro: one of the versions was the surge. "Fell voltage in the contact rail, which led to an emergency," said the "Russian news service" in the Moscow head office of the Ministry. At the moment, the movement of trains stopped at the section from "Kiev" to "Youth". For the carriage of passengers on this site to put 66 buses.

At the moment the accident area is de-energized. "The voltage on pin rail is missing in the area from the Kievskaya station to the station "Molodezhnaya" - quoted anonymous sources in law enforcement agencies ITAR-TASS. According to him, "rescuers carry out the evacuation from an old car, which was partly off the rails". The employees get people on the street, even with the help of the bier," he said.

Earlier television LifeNews said that on the stretch between the stations "Slavic Boulevard" and "Park Pobedy" light up the train. 2 tube stations are arriving firefighters and emergency team. On site set up operational headquarters.

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