A bridge has collapsed onto Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway, injuring a truck driver and halting traffic in a key local transport hub.
A driver of a dump truck that tried to cross a road bridge connecting the two parts of the Svobodny town in Amur Oblast, Russia has been injured after the bridge collapsed at 04:33am (Moscow time).
The truck driver (1970, a citizen of Armenia) has been taken to hospital.
A video that was captured by a passersby shows the moment of the bridge collapse when a dump truck was on the bridge and a freight train just passed under the bridge, the Moscow Times reported.
All services of the city work at the site, removing the collapsed slabs from the railway to restore movement
