At least six killed in train crash near Moscow 鄰近莫斯科的火車撞擊事故造成至少6人死亡

At least six killed in train crash near Moscow
鄰近莫斯科的火車撞擊事故造成至少6人死亡
2014-08-02◎陳伃軒

A freight train collided with a passenger train near Moscow on Tuesday, ripping the side off one of the carriages and killing at least six people.

一列貨車週二在鄰近莫斯科的地方和一列客車相撞，將其中一截客車車廂撕裂，造成至少6人死亡。

Russian officials said the death toll could rise after several carriages were derailed.

俄羅斯官員說，在數節車廂脫軌後，死亡人數可能上升。

Russian television footage showed passengers clambering off the tilting train and climbing up a grassy bank to safety after the accident.

俄羅斯電視畫面顯示，意外發生後，乘客艱困地攀爬傾斜的火車，並攀上長滿雜草的河岸尋求安全。

The train had been on its way from Moscow to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, before the collision at around 1230 p.m. near the town of Naro-Fominsk, 55 km southwest of the Russian capital.

在中午12時30分左右衝撞發生前，這列火車正在自莫斯科開往摩爾多瓦的首都基西納烏的途中，意外發生在俄羅斯首都（莫斯科）西南方55公里處，靠近納羅－福明斯克鎮。

The cause of the accident was not immediately known but a criminal investigation has been opened.

意外發生原因無法立即查明，但已展開刑事調查。

"We tried to use an emergency brake. We couldn’t see anything ahead, there was lots of dust. Visibility was zero," RIA news agency quoted one of the drivers of the passenger train as saying.

「我們試圖使用緊急煞車，我們根本看不到前面，有太多灰塵了，能見度是零。」RIA通訊社引述其中一名客車司機的談話。

An official from state-owned Russian Railways told reporters at the scene that five people had been killed immediately and a sixth had later died in hospital.（Reuters）

一名在現場的國營俄羅斯鐵路的官員告訴記者，有5人當場死亡，第6人送醫後不治。

（路透）

新聞辭典

rip：動詞，扯、剝、撕開。例句：His pants ripped.（他的褲子撕裂了。）

clamber：動詞，艱困地攀爬。例句：I clambered out of the trench.（我艱困地爬出溝渠。）

investigation：名詞，調查、研究。例句：The cause of the blaze is under investigation.（火災的發生原因還在調查中。）