Dozens tumble as Mexican footbridge collapses during opening ceremony

08.06.2022 [14:38]
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Baku, June 8, AZERTAC

The mayor of the Mexican city of Cuernavaca was proudly inaugurating a footbridge over a scenic stream on Tuesday when the bridge collapsed, sending him and about two dozen other people plunging into a gully, according to the Guardian.

The hanging bridge made of wooden boards and metal chains had recently been remodeled. Video of the collapse suggested the boards separated from the chains supporting them.

Local officials, including city council members, fell about 10ft (3 meters) on to rocks and boulders in the stream bed.

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the governor of Morelos state, where Cuernavaca is located, said the wife of Mayor José Luis Urióstegui and reporters were among those on the bridge when it fell.

Dozens tumble as Mexican footbridge collapses during opening ceremony

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