Court Upholds Verdict in Fatal Yaroslavl Train Crash
A court upheld the sentences of two railway workers for their roles in a fatal train-bus collision in Yaroslavl region that killed seven bus passengers.
Jul 30, 2026 0
Seven people died in a train collision in Yaroslavl region.
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The Yaroslavl Regional Court upheld the sentence of two railway workers in the case of a fatal train crash in the Pereslavl-Zalessky district. A train and a passenger bus collided on April 1, 2024, at a crossing in the village of Berendeyevo. Seven people died: the bus driver and six passengers. The train driver was injured.
The bus drove onto the crossing when it was prohibited.
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In April 2026, the Pereslavl District Court found guilty of the incident Mikhail Barsky, master of road linear section No. 2 of operational depot No. 1 of the Rostov-Yaroslavl track distance of the Northern Railway, and Valery Grishin, a track worker of the 3rd category.
Barsky was sentenced to four years of forced labor with 15% of his salary deducted to the state. He was also banned for two years from engaging in activities related to the technical operation of railways. Valery Grishin received eight years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Not everyone agreed with this decision. LLC Moscow Transport Company, the defense attorney for Mikhail Barsky, and the lawyer for one of the victims filed appeals. However, the Yaroslavl Regional Court, after reviewing them, decided to uphold the sentence.
«Having examined the arguments of the appeals and studied the materials of the criminal case, the judicial panel on criminal cases concluded that the sentence is lawful and justified and is not subject to change,» the Yaroslavl Regional Court said on July 20.
It is clarified that the sentence has entered into legal force.
During the investigation, it was revealed that Mikhail Barsky illegally allowed Valery Grishin to perform the duties of a crossing attendant. Grishin had not undergone special training. Grishin, as it turned out, was drunk at the time of the tragedy. At trial, he said that the bus driver allegedly asked to be let through ahead of the oncoming train.
The crash killed a 44-year-old bus driver and six passengers aged 17, 51, 53, 71, 71 and 75. Among the victims were a father of many children, a local medical worker, and a 16-year-old girl. Initially, a preliminary version considered was a technical malfunction of the bus, allegedly it stopped at the crossing and could not continue. A little later, the governor of Yaroslavl region, Mikhail Evraev, reported that the crossing dispatcher was drunk at his workplace.
We cover all details of the railway tragedy in a special feature.
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