Train derails in Russia's Far East Sakhalin, 1 dead, 12 injured

A total of twelve people were rushed to hospital and one more person died on Monday night in a railroad accident on Russia’s Far-Eastern island of Sakhalin, the press service of the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations said in a press release.
A passenger train cruising between the port towns of Khomsk and Chekhov slid off the track at 18:35 local time (11.35 MSK). A rail maintenance foreman died and twelve of the 45 people aboard the train were rushed to hospital with medium-heavy traumas.
Two officers of the Far-Eastern transport police department happened to be among the passengers and they gave first aid to the fellow-passengers and the train crew after the accident.
Emergencies Ministry officials said a team of about 175 on a specialized repair train had been dispatched to the site of the crash.