China News Service, October 4th. According to the European Network of Italy, citing EUN News Agency, on October 3, local time, due to severe weather and rapid river water surges, a bridge on the SS45 National Road in the province of Piacenza in northern Italy was out of repair due to age , Suddenly collapsed under the impact of the swelling river, fortunately no casualties were caused.

At present, the Piacenza City Procuratorate and relevant authorities have been involved in the investigation.

  According to reports, at around 3:30 pm local time on the 3rd, Corte Brugnatella, Piacenza Province (Corte Brugnatella) SS45 national highway connected Marsaglia and Ottone , The Lenzino Bridge on the upper reaches of the Fiume Trebbia suddenly collapsed.

Fortunately, there were no passing vehicles on the bridge at that time.

  Some local witnesses said that less than a minute before the collapse of the Renzino Bridge, a couple had just drove across the bridge.

Before rescuers arrived, residents on both sides of the river quickly set up road barriers to prevent vehicles from driving onto the bridge.

When the bridge collapsed, it was extremely rare that there were no passing vehicles on the bridge, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

  After the collapse of the Renzino Bridge, local government officials, prosecutors, civil defense departments, road management companies, fire police, and ambulance personnel rushed to the scene of the accident to organize rescue and understand the situation.

The investigation confirmed that the accident caused no casualties.

  Corte Brunateira Mayor Mauro Guarnieri (Mauro Guarnieri) said that the Renzino Bridge is a historic bridge, and the road management company inspects and repairs the bridge every year.

The last safety check was 5 months ago.

The technicians believed that the bridge complied with safety standards, but five months later, the bridge suddenly collapsed.

  Guarneri emphasized that the Renzino Bridge usually has thousands of vehicles passing on weekends and is an important land transportation lifeline in the region.

The collapse of the bridge has not only severely affected the travel of tens of thousands of local people, but also the circulation of people and materials on both sides of the Trebbia River will need to detour more than 70 kilometers in the future, which will seriously affect the local economic development.

It is hoped that the relevant authorities will rebuild the Renzino Bridge as soon as possible and resume cross-strait traffic.

(Boyuan)