As many as 70 people have sustained injuries after nine coaches from a passenger train went off the tracks in Russia`s Komi Republic, RT News reported, citing Russian Railways. According to the Russia-based news channel, seven people are reported to be in serious condition, but there have been no confirmed deaths so far.

Train 511 was travelling between Vorkuta in north-eastern Komi, above the Arctic Circle, and the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a distance of around 5,000 kilometres. The derailment happened around 6:12 pm (local time), near the town of Inta, according to the railway authorities.