Parents killed, child injured due to 'emergency' on Crimean Bridge

A child's parents were killed and the child was injured due to "an emergency" situation on Crimean Bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar, Russia's Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Monday.

"We all saw with you on a video on the Internet a damaged car with Belgorod numbers. What information is available at the moment: a girl was injured," Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app.

Traffic was stopped temporarily on the Russian-built bridge.

There is damage to the roadway on the Crimean Bridge. The details of pillars supporting the bridge were not confirmed by the Ministry of Transport, according to RIA news agency.

Local officials said that the movement of the railway transport on the Crimean Bridge would be resumed by 9:00 a.m. local time.

Ukrainian media reported that explosions had been heard on the bridge.

（CGTN）