South African Bridge Collapse Kills 2, Injures 20

A bridge has collapsed onto a main motorway in South Africa killing two people and injuring 20.

The temporary structure made out of scaffolding crushed at least three cars. The bridge which caved in yesterday afternoon forced road closures and traffic jams at rush hours as well as trapping people beneath the wreckage.  

Reports gathered said that paramedics were seen at the scene helping to free those who are trying to escape.    

A news channel quoted a construction company as saying that the temporary bridge was a support structure being used in building of a pedestrian and cycling bridge over the highway.

The construction project is designed to connect Sandton, an affluent area, with the poor neighborhood of Alexandra. Photographs of the scene showed atleast two vehicles partly crushed beneath scaffolding from the support structure.

Those killed in the accident at M1 highway on the edge of Johannesburg’s Sandton’s District included a taxi driver, report say.