Otkes: Many deficiencies in collapsed Espoo footbridge
Many parts of the footbridge were weak, according to investigators.
Source: yle.fi
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Many parts of the footbridge were weak, according to investigators.
The bridge crossing a construction site in Espoo’s Tapiola district collapsed on Thursday morning.
Finnish rescuers said some 27 young people, most of them children, were hurt when a temporary footbridge by a construction site collapsed.
Most of those hurt are minors on a school trip, according to Helsinki University Hospital District (HUS).
The incident happend Thursday morning when a group of school children were crossing the temporary construction bridge near a shopping centre in the southern town of Tapiola.