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Five people died in an horrific collision between a bus and a train on a level crossing when the bus driver apparently tried to jump a red light.

The accident was captured on a dashboard camera belonging to a motorist poised to cross the same section of track.

"It was a nightmare," said videoer Alexei Kalinko. "The bus was lumbering too slowly across, the train was slamming on its brakes and sounding its horn, but it was obvious it was never going to stop in time.

"Wreckage was strewn everywhere, the bus tipped over and destroyed. There were terrible screams from within the bus of the wounded passengers."

Five people died in the tragedy, which happened in Russia, including 10-year-old Dasha Yustinya. Thirteen victims were taken to a nearby hospital with various injuries.

The driver himself survived, but his mistake cost the lives of passengers who were in the rear of the coach.

The dead were named as Alexander Filipov, 33, Anastacia Sergeeva, 25, Valentina Klimenchuk, 40, Tatyana Yurishina, 45, and 10-year-old Dasha.

A police spokesman said: "The early indications are that the driver ignored the red signal and thought he could cheat the train by getting across to the other side. It was a terrible miscalculation."

Russia has one of the worst road safety records in the entire world with over 25,000 people dying in road crashes each year.