This is the moment a shipping vessel in Russia became stuck under a railway bridge after miscalculating the height and scraping the concrete until it stopped.

CCTV shows how the Russian freighter was making its way under the structure when it snagged and tilted sideways as sparks flew.

The vessel came to a stop and was wedged until the bridge in Kostroma on September 12. State officials from the North-West Transport Prosecutor's Office began investigating,

The Western Interregional Investigative Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia said: 'A pre-investigation check is being carried out by an investigator following a collision of a vessel with a bridge in Kostroma.

'The Yaroslavl Investigation Department of the Transport Division of the Western Interregional Investigative Department of the Transport Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is conducting a pre-investigation check following the collision of tanker with a railway bridge.

'On September 12, 2024, at kilometre 601 of the Volga River, a tanker travelling from the Republic of Tatarstan to the city of Yaroslavl collided with the superstructure of a railway bridge on the Kostroma-Nova-Karimovo railway section.

'There were no casualties, no delays in train traffic over the bridge, and no fuel spills. The damage caused is being assessed.

'The investigator has organised a set of investigative activities aimed at determining all the circumstances, causes, and conditions of the incident.'