A suspension bridge collapsed Tuesday in Cuernavaca, central Mexico. In the middle of the inauguration, it gave way, injuring around twenty people, two of whom were hospitalized for serious injuries. The town’s mayor was among those who fell two meters lower into a streambed.
The inauguration turned into a fiasco: twenty people were injured on Tuesday in the collapse of a suspension bridge in Cuernavaca, in central Mexico. Among the injured are Mayor José Luis Urióstegui, his wife Luz María Zagal, other notables and residents who were taking part in the bridge reopening ceremony.
#ÚLTIMAHORA | Cae puente colgante during the reinauguration of the Paseo Ribereño in the Parque Porfirio Díaz #Cuernavaca.
El alcalde José Luis Urióstegui, su esposa y miembros de la comitiva de prensa están entre los accidentados. pic.twitter.com/fZCgDNMXWO
— Ruido en la Red (@RuidoEnLaRed) June 7, 2022
Two people in serious condition
The accident was experienced almost in real time on social networks with a video showing the guests falling two meters lower in the bed of a stream when the floor gave way. “There are at least 25 injured,” local official Samuel Sotelo told Milenio television. “Two were hospitalized with serious injuries,” he said.