Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 2 /Xinhua/ — The total number of victims in the collapse of a bridge in the Bryansk region has reached 104, the region’s governor Alexander Bogomaz told reporters.
“Today we have 104 victims in total. Seven dead, 104 injured. It turns out that three are “serious”, the rest /are in a condition/ of moderate severity and mild,” TASS quotes the governor as saying.
On the evening of May 31, in the Bryansk region, a road bridge and a truck driving on it collapsed onto a passenger train. The locomotive and four carriages derailed, and one carriage was crushed by the bridge debris. There were 388 people on the train. Seven people died. Sixty-four passengers were hospitalized in the region and Moscow, the Russian Ministry of Health reported earlier. –0–