The accident happened in Vyazma, located in the Smolensk region, more than 200 kilometers west of Moscow.
A woman died when a road bridge collapsed onto a railway in Russia on Monday.
The accident happened in Vyazma, located in the Smolensk region, more than 200 kilometers west of Moscow. The collapsed bridge cut off the railway leading to Belarus.
According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, there was a car and a truck on the bridge when it collapsed, reports the Russian news site RBC. The woman driving the car died and the man driving the truck was seriously injured. A total of five people were hospitalized.
According to the BBC, around 8,000 households were left without gas after the gas pipe was damaged in the accident.
Residents of the area had repeatedly asked the authorities to repair the bridge, according to Telegram channel 112. According to Meduza, 9 million rubles (89,000 euros) were budgeted for the restoration of the bridge in 2018.
Story corrected on April 9 at 6:55 p.m.: The story previously contained a video published by Reuters on Monday, which was actually years old.
Photo of the collapsed bridge published by the Russian authorities. EPA / AOP
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