Seven people died and 35 others were injured when a passenger train derailed after a bridge collapsed on the Pilshino-Vygonichi section of Russia's Bryansk region at around 10:50 p.m. Moscow time last night.
"Among the injured are three children," the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, announced on his Telegram channel.
30 people have been hospitalized, two of them in serious condition.
"One child will be taken to Moscow by air ambulance", the governor added.
The passengers from the train were evacuated to the temporary accommodation point at the Vygonichi station, Russian Railways announced.
A backup train has been organized for them Bryansk-Moscow.
Doctors and psychologists have arrived at the "Kievskaya Gara" in the capital, where they are to bring the surviving passengers from the accident.
„Moscow doctors have joined the efforts to provide assistance to the victims of the train crash near Bryansk. Teams from the Emergency Medical Care Center are monitoring the condition of the victims. Doctors and psychologists are also deployed and ready to provide assistance,” the Moscow Ministry of Health said in a message on its Telegram channel.
The department added that additional ambulance teams have been prepared.
An operational headquarters has been created at the Situation Center of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation to coordinate actions with Russian Railways and the Ministry of Emergencies.
The Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office has organized an investigation. Investigators are working at the scene. A temporary accommodation point has been set up at the school in Vygonichi.