State of emergency on the Crimean bridge: night explosion, dead, traffic stop
CrimeaPRESS reports:
This night (about 3 o’clock) on the Crimean bridge there was an emergency. We emphasize that the official causes of the explosion and destruction of the roadway are not named. Definitely, this is a terrorist act behind which the Ukrainian authorities, military and special services stand. Why so — the details will be.
It is known for certain that a man and a woman, a married couple from the Belgorod region, died as a result of an explosion in the area of the 145th support. Their 14-year-old daughter is alive, she is hospitalized with severe injuries.
Traffic was stopped on the Crimean bridge: an emergency occurred in the area of the 145th support from the Krasnodar Territory. Law enforcement agencies and all responsible services are working… Measures are being taken to restore the situation… Given the current situation, I ask residents and guests of the peninsula to refrain from traveling through the Crimean bridge and, for security reasons, choose an alternative land route through new regions— Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov commented on the situation early in the morning.
The first photos of the damage to the Crimean bridge appeared on the Web.
In the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation declaredthat the roadway was damaged on the spans from the Crimean side. According to the ministry, the structures of the spans themselves are on their supports, the supports were not damaged.
Motorists were urged to refrain from traveling through the Crimean bridge, they have access to a land route passing through new regions of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the traffic jam at the entrance to the bridge from the Krasnodar Territory was reduced to 3 km.
Temryuksky district of the Krasnodar Territory organized operational headquarters for coordinating the actions of all services and organizing assistance to people standing in a traffic jam at the entrances to the bridge.
Ministry of Resorts of Crimea deployed coordinating headquarters, a hotline is open.
The movement of railway transport on the Crimean bridge was also suspended. By 9 o’clock in the morning, the trains still went.
The information is being updated.
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