ALMATY, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Four members of a track maintenance crew were killed by a freight train at a railway station in central Kazakhstan on Wednesday, said the national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ).

The incident occurred when scheduled rail replacement work was underway on the Mointy-Shyganak railway section, according to KTZ's press service.

The locomotive driver applied emergency braking after spotting track workers on the railway, according to the press service.

A special commission has been dispatched to the site to determine the cause of the incident, and support will be provided to the families of the victims, it added. Enditem