Train collision in Lviv: 14 injured, ten people hospitalized

In the evening of October 8, an electric train collided with a diesel train "Lviv — Sokaly" at the "Pidzamche" station in Lviv. The diesel train, which consisted of four carriages, was stationary on the tracks at the time of the collision.

According to the Department of Civil Defense of the Lviv Oblast Administration, 14 people were injured, including a 17-year-old child. Ten people were hospitalized: five at the St. Pantaleimon Hospital, four at the Lviv Regional Hospital for Veterans and Victims of War and Repression named after Yuriy Lypa, and one more person at the St. Nicholas Hospital. Four other injured people refused hospitalization.

At the St. Pantaleimon Hospital, part of the First Medical Association in Lviv, officials stated that all five hospitalized patients arrived in a moderate condition. One patient has already been discharged for outpatient treatment, while the other four remain in the hospital: two in the neurosurgery department, one in the traumatology department, and one in the surgery department. This was stated by the head of the emergency medical department, Yana Bondarchuk.

Law enforcement officials are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the train collision.