Until further notice, traffic on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge is prohibited for trucks and buses. Sergey Aksyonov, the head of Crimea, appointed by the Russian authorities, announced this on Telegram. According to him, traffic on the bridge is allowed only for cars.
Transportation of buses of all types and heavy vehicles will be carried out by the Lavrentiy ferry along the route Kerch Sea Fishing Port – Port Kavkaz. Cars with a carrying capacity of up to 3.5 tons and passengers will be transported along the route the port "Crimea" – the port "Kavkaz". Aksyonov added that the ferry service will operate free of charge.
After the explosion on the Kerch bridge, large queues formed at the entrances to it from the Crimean and Russian sides.
All trains from Crimea that were delayed due to the explosion on the Crimean bridge have been sent. About this with reference to the carrier "Grand Service Express" reports RBC.
So, the delayed train No. 75/76 Simferopol-Omsk left today at 10:55 instead of the scheduled departure at 2:10. The only train that left Crimea on Saturday night before the emergency, the Simferopol-Perm train, was sent to Feodosia and left today. The passengers of the train while waiting for departure were accommodated in the sanatoriums of Feodosia.
On October 8, at 6 am, an explosion thundered on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge from the side of the Taman Peninsula, according to preliminary data, a truck exploded on the bridge. As a result, the tanks of the train, which was walking along the railway part of the bridge, caught fire. The moment of the explosion was caught on video. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case, under which article, it is not specified. The head of the parliament of the annexed peninsula, Volodymyr Konstantinov, said that "Ukrainian vandals" damaged the roadway.