Just when high officials of the city of Cuernavaca, in Mexico, advanced this Tuesday the reopening of a suspension bridge in the Paseo Ribereño park, the structure collapsed leaving multiple injuries.
The events occurred on Tuesday morning during the event organized by the Cuernavaca government, which had invited several politicians and prominent people to advance the reopening of the Paseo Ribereño park.
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The images of the moment show that several guests at the event, including the mayor of Cuernavaca José Luis Uriostegui, his wife and other political figures, They were crossing the wooden suspension bridge located at two meters above a ravine when it fell to the ground.
Journalists, politicians and other guests who were on the bridge tried to hold on to the edges before falling but fell into a lake and some stones that were under the structure.
According to the newspaper ‘El Sol de México’, the wooden bridge was intended to give a rustic touch to the park, whose reopening also sought to boost tourism in the area again.
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🚨 Municipal President of Cuernavaca, José Luis Urióstegui, his wife, four aldermen and the municipal trustee injured, when the Paseo Ribereño bridge collapsed during a reopening event. Video: Special pic.twitter.com/dcIXhbZYz8
– The Universal (@El_Universal_Mx) June 7, 2022
The accident left at least 20 injured, including the mayor of Cuernavaca and his wife. The injured have been taken to medical centers. Some of them have injuries such as fractures in their legs.
According to the first information from the authorities, quoted by the newspaper ‘El Sol de México’, the structure collapsed due to excess weight.
The videos of the moment show that the entire group crossed the bridge at the same time, which would have caused the accident. Just before the drop, you can also see some people trying to balance on the bridge.
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#At the moment | During the inauguration of the Paseo Ribereño de Cuernavaca, a bridge collapsed causing the fall of the mayor, José Luis Urióstegui, councilors and reporters, there are injured who are being treated
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📹: Agustin Espinozahttps://t.co/SmlPfY5F2S pic.twitter.com/XoL6GOeVU2– The Sun of Cuernavaca (@SolDeCuernavaca) June 7, 2022
A representative from Cuernavaca also told the aforementioned newspaper that it could be a fault in the maintenance of the chain that supports the bridge.
“We were doing the tour and suddenly we heard some screams. I was about to go up and the bridge fell”, one of those present told the newspaper ‘El Sol de Cuernavaca’.
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