At least 27 people, most of them children, were injured in Finland today, Thursday, when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed near a construction site, from which they fell several meters onto a road.
About 27 boys, most of them minors, were injured, the Western Uusimaa Rescue Department in Espoo, near the capital, Helsinki, said in a statement.
Finnish media published pictures of the bridge accident, as a gathering of rescue personnel gathered at the site of the accident.
Finnish police say they are currently investigating the cause of the collapse, and said that at this stage, they do not have specific information about the injuries of those on the bridge, but that they are receiving medical care.
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