In the Russian Brian region, the train crashed into a collapsed bridge, died at least seven people

Moscow. In the Russian Brian region at the border with Ukraine the bridge collapsed on Sunday night, where a passenger train crashed and derailed.

At least seven people died, said the governor of the area Alexander Bogomaz. According to RIA Novosti, there is also a driver among the dead.

44 out of 69 injured people ended up in hospitals. Three children were also injured, one of them difficult.

According to the authorities, the bridge collapsed due to intervention from the outside.

The bridge could be thrown into the air

Bogomaz added that the bridge collapsed in the district in the place where the federal highway is running.

Photos from the place published by government agencies show the destroyed passenger cars lying between the ruins of the collapsed bridge. Other pictures from social networks were probably made of vehicles that just avoided the entrance to the bridge before its fall, writes AP.

Passengers are also visible in the photos from social networks trying to help others get out of the dark from damaged wagons.

According to the Moscow railway, the train was on the way from Moscow to Klimov in the west Russia. In the statement, she stated that the bridge was damaged « due to unlawful intervention in transport operations ». She did not specify further details.

The Russian telegram channel Baza, which often publishes information from sources from the security forces, wrote that, according to preliminary information, Most has been thrown into the air. However, he did not provide any evidence for his claim.

Ukraine has not commented on the event yet, writes Reuters.

Russian officials did not indicate who or what was responsible for the tragedy, but in the past some of them accused the Proukrainian sabotters of attacks on rail infrastructure in the country.

Cross -border shelling is common

The Russian Ministry of Defense on the Telegram said it sent other units of firefighters and rescuers to the scene of the disaster.

According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, around 180 members of the emergency components worked on the spot and the main goal was to find and save the victims.

« Everything is done to provide all the necessary help for the victims, » ​​Bogomaz said.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, which began more than three years ago by Moscow with its invasion, countries have been firing across the borders and attacking themselves by drones. From Ukraine, the air raids are heading to the Brian, Kursk and Belgorod region.

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