55 people hospitalized following train incident in Russia’s Bryansk region
An evacuation train is seen at the scene, after a road bridge collapsed onto railway tracks derailing an approaching passenger train in the Bryansk region, Russia, June 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Moscow Railways reported that a passenger train traveling from Klimov to Moscow derailed at 10:44 p.m. on May 31 in the Bryansk Region’s Pilshino-Vygonichi section, following the collapse of a road bridge over the tracks.
Fifty-five individuals are currently hospitalized following the bridge collapse in the Bryansk Region, according to Alexey Kuznetsov, an aide to the Russian health minister, News.Az informs via TASS.
"According to the latest data, fifty-five people, including four children, are receiving in-patient medical treatment after the railway incident in the Bryansk Region. Four of them, including a child, are in serious condition," he said, adding that psychological help was offered to 63 people.
Moscow Railways said that a passenger train running from Klimov to Moscow derailed on the Pilshino-Vygonichi railway sector in the Bryansk Region at 10:44 p.m. Moscow time (7:44 p.m. GMT) on May 31 after a motor bridge collapse on it. Later, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that the bridge was blown up.
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