A pedestrian bridge collapsed on a freeway in Washington

The striking image of a freeway in the U.S. capital (Photo: TN capture)

A collapsed pedestrian bridge over a highway in Washington DC, United States.

As reported TN, at least four people were injured. The injured are stable and all lanes have been closed, according to the North American Capital Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Agency report. “It was not a major miracle tragedy,” local authorities said.

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The incident occurred on a pedestrian bridge that crosses Interstate 295 with a major city avenue.

The fall of the bridge, in turn, caused many accidents among the cars traveling on the highway.

Witnesses said there was a lot of traffic at the time of the collapse. Concrete and metal debris was strewn along the six lanes of the road which were damaged. The pedestrian bridge is located at Kenilworth Ave & Polk St. A truck was partially trapped after the structure fell and began spraying fuel on the freeway, authorities quoted local media as saying.

What happened

According to the preliminary investigation, a collision removed the bridge from its anchorages at 11:50 a.m. local time. Police try to determine cause of collapse, deputy mayor for public security says Chris Geldart.

“Everything we see at the crash site suggests that a collision caused the bridge to detach from its anchorage,” Geldart said. NBC Boston.

The DC-295 freeway is expected to remain closed at least until Thursday as authorities clean up debris and conduct various expert reports to determine the cause of the incident.

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According to the local press, the truck partially got stuck under the structure and spilled fuel on the asphalt. At least a second vehicle was struck by debris.

A hazardous materials team applied a substance to absorb the diesel and mitigate the risk of a spill in water channels, a spokesperson for the Washington Department of Energy and Environment said.

“It’s a big accident, dangerous, many people could have died, “said a witness on the channel Telemundo.

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All lanes of the DC-295 have been closed, said MATOC, the metro area’s transportation operations agency. In the meantime, they reported a traffic jam for several kilometers after the collapse. Authorities said the bridge was last inspected in February and said no structural problems were detected at the time.