“At 12:15 pm, the driver of a Toyota car drove to the railway crossing with the alarm working properly in front of the approaching passenger train # 152 Moscow - Anapa.
The train driver applied emergency braking, but the distance was insufficient and the collision could not be avoided, ”Interfax reports.
The driver and passenger of the car died on the spot, another passenger was hospitalized.
The passengers of the train were not injured.
The accident led to a delay in trains in the Krasnodar Territory.
According to the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the accident occurred in the Anapa area. The car was moving from the side of the highway "Novorossiysk - Kerch Strait" towards the resort village of Vityazevo.