A railway bridge collapsed in Russia on Sunday as a freight train was crossing over it, marking the second such incident in less than 24 hours. According to news agency Reuters, the region’s acting governor confirmed the development on Telegram, stating that the incident occurred in the southern part of Kursk, which borders Ukraine.
According to initial reports, one of the train’s locomotive drivers sustained injuries in the collapse, Russian official Alexander Khinshtein said.
The incident follows a deadly derailment late Saturday in the western Bryansk region, where a passenger train plunged off the tracks after another bridge collapsed. At least seven people were killed and around 30 others injured in that accident, according to Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz.
The passenger train was en route from Moscow to Klimov when it derailed in the Vygonichskyi district.
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