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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 1 (Xinhua) — Seven people were killed when a bridge collapsed onto a railway in Russia’s Bryansk region, the region’s governor Alexander Bogomaz said on his Telegram channel on Sunday.
According to him, a bridge collapsed in the Vygonichsky District of the Bryansk Region on Sunday night. The collapse of the bridge span caused the derailment of the locomotive and carriages of passenger train No. 86 on the Klimov-Moscow route.
According to TASS, 69 people were injured in the emergency. An operational headquarters has been set up at the Russian Transport Ministry’s Situation Center to coordinate actions with Russian Railways and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Investigators are working on the scene. A reserve Bryansk-Moscow train has been organized for passengers. –0–