An estimated nine workers have been killed and five injured after an unfinished bridge collapsed in Colombia on Monday, according to a local disaster response agency official.
The uncompleted bridge, in the Chirajara district bordering the Cundinamarca and Meta provinces, was intended to be a section of highway connecting the Colombian capital of Bogota with the city of Villavicencio.
The collapse is under investigation, according to Meta province disaster response head Reinaldo Romero.
« Up to now there are nine dead and five injured, » Romero affirmed, adding, « we are doing a check to rule out other victims, » cited by Reuters.
