"The Arkhangelsk Transport Prosecutor's Office is checking compliance with the legislation on safety in the operation of railway transport upon the fact of a collision of a car with a freight train on April 11 at 13:20 at a railway crossing at the Yemetsa station in the Plesetsk district of the Arkhangelsk region," the message says.

According to preliminary data, the truck passed the red light.

The train driver began to brake, but the impact could not be avoided.

As a result of the accident, the driver of the car was killed. 

Earlier, investigators began checking the circumstances of an accident with two buses in Voronezh, as a result of which at least five people were injured.