2 people killed by electric train in Moscow region

MOSCOW -- Two men were killed under the wheels of an electric train in the Naro-Fominsky district of the Moscow region, Russian media reported Sunday.

The accident occurred 400 meters from a ground crossing at the Kokoshkino railway station, when the victims crossed the railway tracks in an unspecified place, the press service of the Moscow Interregional Investigation Department for Transport of Russia's Investigative Committee said.

The investigation team is conducting verification activities on the spot to establish all the circumstances and causes of the accident, it said.