Horror footage shows wreckage of derailed Russian passenger train after crash with truck on crossing leaves 20 injured

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SHOCK footage shows the moment a passenger train dramatically came off the rails after colliding with a truck in Russia, with hundreds feared hurt.

The train smashed into the truck at a crossing in Volgograd, southwest Russia.

A train came off the tracks after smashing into a truck

Many have been injured in the carnage

The truck attempted to cross the tracks on a red light, according to local reports.

Emergency services, including helicopters, have rushed to the scene with nine out of the train’s 20 carriages derailed.

There were 812 people aboard the train and more than 20 are injured, according to the state-run TASS news agency.

Interfax earlier reported more than 100 are feared hurt, including children.

The truck driver has been hospitalised.

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