JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 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 dozens of other people plunging into a gully.
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The hanging bridge made of wooden boards and metal chains had recently been remodeled in an attempt to recover the waterways around the city, which have become polluted due to mass urban growth.
Video of the collapse suggested the boards separated from the chains supporting them.
@Rossmac212 Bridge inauguration by politics in México https://t.co/LoRtU27WWH
— Jose Chica (@jmacho4u) June 7, 2022
Local officials, including city council members, fell about 10ft (3 meters) on to rocks and boulders in the stream bed.
Local reports said that the wife of Mayor José Luis Urióstegui and reporters were among those on the bridge when it fell.
The Cuernavaca city government said in a statement that four city council members, two other city officials and a local reporter were injured and had to be extracted on stretchers from the gully and were taken to local hospitals. There was no immediate information on their condition.
The city said Mayor José Luis Urióstegui was taken to a hospital and he had “light injuries and is out of danger”.
The crush of officials and journalists on the bridge during the inauguration may have exceeded its planned capacity.
“The crush of officials and journalists on the bridge during the inauguration may have exceeded its planned capacity.”
Where have I heard that before?
was it built by Mexicans?
and mexico was going to pay for our wall !!!!
So how will all the illegal migrants be able to break into this country?