Late on Sunday afternoon, 18 October 2026, a passenger train in Salaspils may have struck a person, according to a report passed to TVNET by a reader. State Police and municipal police crews, along with emergency medical vehicles, went to the scene.
The operator ViVi said in its app that train No. 803, running from Zilupe at 13:02 to Riga at 17:29, was standing at the Salaspils stop because of a traffic incident. The expected delay was 25 minutes.
TVNET said the information would be updated. The outlet published a photo credited to a TVNET eyewitness.