DETROIT, MI : Pedestrian bridge falls onto Detroit freeway after collision on Friday, 24th April, 2020
A truck collided with a pedestrian bridge early Friday in Detroit, sending a portion of the span onto a freeway and blocking traffic along part of the heavily traveled thoroughfare, authorities said.
No one was injured in the collapse onto westbound Interstate 94, Lt. Mike Shaw, a Michigan State Police spokesman, said in an email.
The freeway in both directions was closed after the collapse, which was caused by a truck apparently carrying a large load hitting the bridge at some point after 5 a.m, said Diane Cross, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Transportation.
“We believe it was pulled down by a high load hit, probably a car-hauler, but Michigan State Police still have to determine the cause of that," she told The Associated Press.
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