The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, said that a bridge was blown up while a train was travelling.
"There was an explosion of a bridge on the track while a train with 388 passengers was travelling," Bogomaz said on the Russian TV channel.
"Information on the victims in the Vygonichsky district. As of this hour, the number of victims is 69 people, including three children. Three of the victims are in serious condition, including one child, 44 people have been hospitalized, 22 people are undergoing outpatient care," the governor said on Telegram.
Earlier, Bogomaz said that a bridge had collapsed in the Vygonichsky district of the Bryansk region. As Moscow Railways reported, the locomotive and carriages of passenger train No. 86 from Klimov to Moscow derailed due to the collapse of the bridge span as a result of illegal interference in transport operations. The governor had previously reported seven dead and 35 injured.