Over 45 people hospitalised in Russia’s Bryansk region after train accident: Governor

MOSCOW, June 1: As a result of a train accident in Russia’s Bryansk Region 47 people, including three children have been hospitalized, the region’s governor Alexander Bogomaz said on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Bogomaz said that a bridge had collapsed in the Vygonichsky district of the Bryansk region. As Moscow Railways reported, the locomotive and carriages of passenger train No. 86 from Klimov to Moscow derailed due to the collapse of the bridge span as a result of illegal interference in transport operations.
“As of 8:00 [05:00 GMT], 47 people, including three children injured in the Vygonichsky District have been hospitalised. Three of them, including one child, are in critical condition,” Bogomaz said on Telegram.
All passengers were immediately delivered to hospitals, and an eight-months old baby in critical condition will be transported to Moscow, the governor said, adding that there were no children among the seven people who have died in the accident.
Overall, there were 388 passengers on board when the accident happened, the governor specified. He also noted that all emergency services were working in unison during the accident.
Meanwhile, Bogomaz believes that the bridge was blown up. Russian Senator Andrei Klishas believes that blowing up of the bridge indicates that Ukraine is currently governed by a terrorist group.
Emergency services also told Sputnik that fragments of the collapsed bridge fell on the locomotive and two head cars. In addition to that, the emergency services said that at the time of the accident three automobiles could be on the bridge. (UNI)

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