Russia's Investigative Committee said on June 7 that two people have been detained over the collision of two trams that killed one person and injured more than 140 others in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. One of the detained, Pavel Maltsev, is a former deputy mayor of the city and current director of the Kemerovo Electric Transportation Company. The second suspect is a company technician. The two are accused of allowing a disabled tram to operate. On June 6, a video circulated on the Internet showing a tram moving at an extremely high speed, its doors falling off and several people falling out onto a highway. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
2 Detained Over Deadly Tram Collision In Siberia
Dozens of people were hospitalized after the deadly tram collision in Kemerovo on June 6.