Two spans of the railway bridge being built across the river Abakan in Khakassia collapsed on May 7th cutting railway crossings in the Askizskom district of the republic. The collapse is due to a sharp rise of water levels and trees floating down the river that rammed into the bridge supports.
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Republic of Khakassia, Russia
- Event date: 17.05.2010
- Date published: 17.05.2011
- Author: Andrey Novikov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4288x2848px, 2.3Mb