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Lorry may be to blame for 2 deaths
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The deadly collapse of a bridge spanning a river in the south of France may have been caused by a lorry weighing twice the maximum limit allowed, a local official said yesterday.
Early on Monday, the bridge detached from suspension cables and plunged into the river Tarn, resulting in the deaths of a 15-year-old girl and a truck driver.
鈥淲e think that the truck weighed over 40 tons. The lorry was well over the limit and the bridge broke,鈥 said Eric Oge, the mayor of the town of Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, north of Toulouse.
The bridge, which was built in 1931, could take a maximum weight of 19 tons. It had passed recent safety inspections.
France鈥檚 junior environment minister Emmanuelle Wargon confirmed that 鈥渙ne of the theories is that truck went on the bridge with a weight exceeding the maximum.鈥
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