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Another US highway bridge collapses in Missouri State
Another US highway bridge has partially collapsed in the state of Missouri reportedly after its support pillars were impacted as a result of a nearby freight train collision.
The collapse of the highway overpass near the town of Chaffee came when rail cars smashed into one of its support pillars after the train collision on Saturday, according to authorities cited in local press reports, which added that seven people in two cars on the overpass were injured when two 40-foot sections of the overpass crushed down.
“You’re driving down the road, and the next thing you know the bridge is not there. … It could have been really bad,” said Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter as quoted in an AP report.
He noted that the 15-year-old bridge, though in good condition, couldn’t withstand the impact of the rail cars.
The collapse occurred after a Union Pacific train struck the side of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at a rail intersection, said Sheriff Walter, adding that the derailed train cars then impacted columns supporting the Highway M overpass, causing it to buckle and partially collapse.
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