Thursday, 9 March 2017

Photos: Two dead after motorway bridge collapses in Italy

epa05839295 A general aerial view showing the site of a bridge that collapsed onto the A14 motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona, 09 March 2017, killing at least two people and injuring two others. The people killed were in the only car that was just under the bridge when it collapsed, according to an initial reconstruction. The Italian highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been closed to traffic. The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes. EPA/STR

An overpass has collapsed over a motorway in Italy, crushing a car and killing two people inside.
The bridge had been under construction when it fell onto the main Adriatic coast motorway this afternoon.



La Repubblica newspaper said the couple killed were a 60-year-old man and his 54-year-old wife who lived in the Marche region.
In addition, two Romanians who were working on the road at the time were injured.


The A14 is the main tour north to south along Italy’s eastern coast between Ancona and Loreto.
Six months ago another bridge collapsed over a busy road in northern Italy, killing one person and injuring five.
A view of an overpass that collapsed onto Italy's main Adriatic coast highway, crushing a car and reportedly killing two people inside, on the A14 highway between Ancona and Loreto, Italy, Thursday, March 9, 2017. (ANSA via AP)

epa05839234 Victim's bodies are covered at the scene of a bridge that collapsed and fell onto the A14 motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona, 09 March 2017, killing at least two people and injuring two others. The people killed were in the only car that was just under the bridge when it collapsed, according to an initial reconstruction. The Italian highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been closed to traffic. The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes. EPA/CRISTIAN BALLARINI

epa05839239 A view of a car crushed by parts of a bridge that collapsed and fell onto the A14 motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona, 09 March 2017, killing at least two people and injuring two others. The people killed were in the only car that was just under the bridge when it collapsed, according to an initial reconstruction. The Italian highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been closed to traffic. The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes. EPA/CRISTIAN BALLARINI

epa05839264 Firemen trucks at the scene after a bridge collapsed onto the A14 motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona, 09 March 2017, killing at least two people and injuring two others. The people killed were in the only car that was just under the bridge when it collapsed, according to an initial reconstruction. The Italian highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been closed to traffic. The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes. EPA/CRISTIAN BALLARINI

epa05838845 A handout photo made available by the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) on 09 March 2017 shows a view from below a part of a bridge that collapsed and fell onto the A14 motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona, 09 March 2017, killing at least two people and injuring two others. The dead people were in a car that was just under the bridge when it collapsed. The Italian highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been closed to traffic. The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes. Only one car was affected by the collapse, the one in which the dead people were travelling, according to an initial reconstruction. EPA/POLICE PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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