Pedestrian bridge collapses over DC highway, injuring 5

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHAEL BALSAMO

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pedestrian bridge collapsed over a highway in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, sending five people to the hospital. Traffic was expected to be snarled for hours.

The collapse happened just before noon along Interstate 295 in Northeast Washington.

Investigators believe a truck struck the bridge, causing it to come loose and collapse, said Chris Geldart, the acting deputy mayor for public safety. Several other vehicles were also involved in the collapse. He cautioned that the investigation was still in its preliminary stages.

The five people taken to the hospital had non-life-threatening injuries, Geldart said.



A truck sits under a collapsed pedestrian bridge along Kenilworth Avenue & Polk Street Northeast in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/bridge-collapses-cf485f42aea25d6de46bb02a64d5d687

[Alpeduez21]

1. Requkes don't want to pass infrastructure

:banghead

[Skittles]

2. did you miss the part about the big-ass truck?

[Moosepoop]

3. But the bridge was in poor condition, even before the truck.

From the article:

He said that the bridge was inspected in February and that a subsequent report issued May 25 rated the bridge as being in poor condition. He said the rating — a 4 on a scale of 9 to 0 — marked a threshold prompting a multiyear planning process to replace the bridge. The bridge had previously been rated a 5 — in fair condition — in April 2019.

I think the truck just finished it off.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. The article's headline was a bit misleading: "it just fell" is an excuse from a three-year-old kid.

"Bridge Destroyed by Big-Ass Truck" would have been a more accurate headline, certainly.