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At least seven people are dead,
71 injured after a bridge exploded and collapsed in Russia,
derailing a passenger train passing below.
Then another Russian bridge blew up overnight.
From Moscow, NPR's Charles Maynes reports.
The first bridge collapsed as a packed passenger train was passing underneath in Russia's Bryansk region overnight.
causing debris and several trucks to fall into the train carriages below.
Images shared on social media showed stunned passengers trying to climb out of the wreckage in the dark.
Meanwhile,
a separate rail bridge collapsed in the neighboring Kursk region several hours later,
derailing a freight train and injuring the driver.