A serious accident occurred around 7:00 am near the Sky Resort ski centre today, August 13th. The Zamiin Uud-Ulaanbaatar train collided with a Kamaz vehicle on the rail road crossing. Two engineers, a courier and the Kamaz vehicle driver were injured and taken to hospital.

The 2500 passengers on the train are being taken to Ulaanbaatar city on buses from Khonkhor station.

According to witnesses the reason behind the accident was because the private operator of the rail maintenance failed to follow railroad operational rules.

Experts, Bayanzurkh District Police and the National Emergency Management Agency are working on the site to determine the reason behind the accident.

Officials say that it is too early to determine the reason for the accident.