![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/crimea-bridge-explosion-two-dead-in-emergency-incident-on-major-russian-route/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_BESTPIX-TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-WAR-BRIDGE.jpg&description=Officials have told residents and tourists to stay inside, and to avoid using the Kerch bridge, with unconfirmed reports saying locals heard explosions on Monday morning Two people have died and an emergency incident declared after a major bridge linking Russia with Crimea is closed following reports of an explosion. Officials have told people to avoid using the Kerch bridge, with unconfirmed reports saying locals heard explosions on Monday morning. A girl, 14, was injured in the bridge strike, reported Baza media outlet. She was a tourist from Stary Oskol in Belgorod region and was taken to a hospital in Krasnodar region. She suffered body wounds, a broken nose and concussion, reported Baza. Her parents died in the incident, said reports which had not been officially confirmed. The 12-mile long structure was opened in 2018 and enables travel between Russia and Crimea - Ukrainian territory held by Moscow's forces since 2014. Russia's Ministry of Transport has confirmed that there is damage to the road on the Crimean side of the bridge, Tass is reporting. It did not confirm reports that the bridge's supporting pillars have been damaged. 'The ministry stressed that the inspection of the bridge's condition is ongoing,' Tass wrote on its Telegram channel. In October last year, it was partially closed following a major explosion. The bridge - which is an important supply route - fully reopened in February. "Traffic was stopped on the Crimean bridge. An emergency occurred in the area of the 145th support from the [Russia side of the bridge]," Sergey Aksyonov, the head of the Russian administration in Crimea, wrote on Telegram. "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." This is how Russia refe){kind=link}
Officials have told residents and tourists to stay inside, and to avoid using the Kerch bridge, with unconfirmed reports saying locals heard explosions on Monday morning
Two people have died and an emergency incident declared after a major bridge linking Russia with Crimea is closed following reports of an explosion.
Officials have told people to avoid using the Kerch bridge, with unconfirmed reports saying locals heard explosions on Monday morning.
A girl, 14, was injured in the bridge strike, reported Baza media outlet. She was a tourist from Stary Oskol in Belgorod region and was taken to a hospital in Krasnodar region.
She suffered body wounds, a broken nose and concussion, reported Baza. Her parents died in the incident, said reports which had not been officially confirmed.