Tag Archives: France bridge collapse: 50-tonne lorry ‘probably caused accident’

A bridge collapse that killed two people in south-western France was apparently caused by a lorry that weighed too much, prosecutors say. Two vehicles plunged into the River Tarn, north of Toulouse, when the bridge near the village of Mirepoix-sur-Tarn fell down on Monday morning. One of the vehicles, a lorry, weighed more than 50 tonnes, prosecutors said. The suspension ...

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