Freight train derailed in Russia's Kursk Oblast after bridge collapse
Sunday, 1 June 2025, 07:46
A railway bridge collapsed in Russia’s Kursk Oblast on the morning of 1 June 2025, derailing a freight train.
Source: Alexander Khinshtein, Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast, on Telegram
Details: The collapse occurred overnight on the 48th kilometre of the Trosna–Kalinovka highway in the Zheleznogorskyi district as a freight train was passing over it.
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Khinshtein reported that part of the train fell onto the road below the bridge.
He stated that one of the train drivers sustained leg injuries, according to preliminary reports.
Background: On the night of 31 May, a road bridge in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast collapsed onto a passenger train, killing seven people and injuring about 70.
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