The tragedy occurred when the train-reaction train with 388 passengers was under the viaduct that suddenly collapsed. Aleksandr Bogomaz, a temporary governor of the Bryński District, said on Sunday that there are three children among the wounded, one of whom is in a critical condition. Earlier, the governor informed about fewer victims, the exact data is still updated.
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Photographs made available by the authorities show wagons scattered among debris. The pictures published in social media also show the damaged viaduct and vehicles that stopped at the right time, avoiding the disaster.
The incident occurred about 100 km from the border with Ukraine, which aroused speculation as to possible perpetrators. According to Associated Press The Russian authorities have not yet indicated the guilty, but in similar cases in the past, Ukrainian sabotagers were often accused. The agency notes, however, that the credibility of such accusations can be difficult to verify. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side has not yet referred to the event in the Bryan region.
In a small time interval in Russia there was another railway disaster – this time in the Kurski region. On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the bridge collapsed there when a locomotive passed over it.
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Aleksandr Chinsztejn, acting as a Governor of the Kurszas region, said on a telegram that the bridge collapsed in the Żeleznogorski region. The locomotive after falling on the highway under the bridge began to burn. The drivers who stayed in it were injured and were hospitalized. Their number was not made public.
Bryn and Kurski Districts, as well as the Belgorodzi region, from the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine were a common goal of Ukrainian attacks.
