In Russia’s Bryansk area, an explosion induced a road bridge to collapse onto a railway line late Saturday, derailing a passenger prepare heading to Moscow, in keeping with the Russian authorities. A separate rail bridge within the neighboring Kursk area was blown up hours later within the early hours of Sunday, derailing a freight prepare and injuring the driving force, the authorities mentioned.
The Investigative Committee, the nation’s high felony investigation company, mentioned in a press release that explosions had induced the 2 bridges to break down, however didn’t give additional particulars. A number of hours later, it edited the statement, which was posted on social media, to take away the phrase “explosions” however didn’t present an evidence, the Associated Press reported.
Within the Bryansk area, social media photos and movies confirmed a part of a passenger prepare crushed beneath a collapsed road bridge. “The bridge was blown up whereas the Klimovo-Moscow prepare was passing via with 388 passengers on board,” Alexander Bogomaz, the area’s governor, told Russian television.
Performing Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein, in the meantime, wrote on Telegram {that a} bridge collapsed in his area’s Zheleznogorsky district whereas a freight prepare was shifting, injuring one among its drivers.
