A couple was killed in an emergency incident on the Crimean Bridge early on Monday morning, with their daughter being injured, according to TASS.
Officials indicated that the child was diagnosed with head trauma and that arrangements are being made to transport her to southern Russia’s Krasnodar Region on board an air ambulance.
Governor Sergey Aksyonov revealed that traffic across the bridge has been suspended, adding that no official information about the cause of the incident is available yet.
Aksyonov stated that there was “an emergency situation” on the 145th pillar of the bridge.
Meanwhile, the Russian Transport Ministry said the roadway had been damaged but it did not confirm reports saying that any bridge span has been damaged.
On his part, Igor Mikhailichenko, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea, departed for the scene, along with senior officials and investigators of the Crimean branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee.
Acting Industrial Politics Minister Yelena Elekchyan affirmed that the peninsula has enough supplies of fuels, food, and factory goods.
Authorities also mentioned that checkpoints on the border between Crimea and the Kherson Region are operating normally.
