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Colombia bridge collapse kills 11

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AFP Bogota
Last Updated : Jan 10 2017 | 9:22 PM IST
Eleven people including an 18-month-old child plunged to their deaths and 13 were injured when a suspension bridge collapsed in central Colombia, officials said.
The bridge collapsed and flipped over yesterday as people were crossing it in a rural area popular with holidaymakers near the town of Villavicencio.
"According to the information we have, 11 people were killed" including various minors, the head of the UNGRD state disaster management agency Carlos Ivan Marquez told AFP.
Local government official Hilton Gutierrez told the Blu Radio station that one of those killed was an 18-month-old child whose mother was carrying him across the bridge.
Authorities at first reported seven people dead and four more died later from their injuries.

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First Published: Jan 10 2017 | 9:22 PM IST

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