Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - Footbridge collapses in Mijas Costa

six people were injured, two seriously when a footbridge across the main coast road collapsed. The injured were travelling in three cars on the A7 motorway below. Six people, including a two year old child, were injured, two of them seriously when the bridge collapsed over both carriageways 198 km point in Mijas Costa. The accident happened at 4:55 pm when the busy traffic below was hit by the falling bridge. The two seriously hurt are two men who were trapped in their crushed car by the fallen bridge, a 47 year old who was driving the vehicle and a 30 year old who was a passenger. The four others to be injured were a family travelling in the car behind. All the injured were taken to the Costa del Sol hospital in Marbella. Witnesses say that a crane got hooked onto the bridge, causing it to collapse. There were no pedestrians on the bridge at the time. The accident led to hold ups of 30 kms for a time, and complaints that the only other alternative route, the toll AP7 continued to charge for some time before tolls were finally lifted. The road itself was cleared and opened again for traffic at 1130 pm last night, after being closed for some six hours. There are reports that another lorry hit the same bridge some months ago leading to speculation that the structure was damaged then.

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