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| US road bridge collapses into river | US road bridge collapses into river |
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| Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, officials say. | Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington, officials say. |
| Police said some vehicles were in the water after a section of the Interstate 5 highway collapsed. | |
| The four-lane bridge is near Mount Vernon, about half way between Seattle and Vancouver, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. | |
| A state trooper reported that cars and people were in the water but it is not known if there are any casualties. | |
| The cause of the collapse is not known. | |
| Images on Twitter showed a section of the bridge in the river with cars partly submerged. In one image a person is seen sitting on top of a car. | |
| A reporter with the Skagit Valley Herald, who is at the scene, says a sheriff's office rescue boat has arrived and rescue crews are searching for people in the water. | |
| The newspaper quoted a driver who said he felt a vibration as he crossed the bridge and looked in his rear-view mirror to see that a section was no longer there. | |
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