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Shocking video shows bridge collapsing into water seconds after people run across it Video shows bridge collapsing into water seconds after people run across it
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Shocking footage has emerged showing the moment a bridge collapsed into gushing water in Colombia, just seconds after people rushed across it. Footage has emerged showing the moment that three people avoided being cast into a stretch of rushing water as they passed over a bridge in Colombia, just seconds after the structure collapsed.
The 1-minute-long clip shows a bridge which separated two muddy-looking banks on either side of a stretch of running water. The 1-minute-long clip shows a bridge which separated two muddy-looking banks on either side of what appears to be a river.
People are seen fleeing across the bright yellow bridge as an official waves them across.People are seen fleeing across the bright yellow bridge as an official waves them across.
As the people clear, an enormous crack on one side of the bridge is revealed.As the people clear, an enormous crack on one side of the bridge is revealed.
A man is heard shouting that the bridge “kept opening” and that it will collapse in “less than 10 minutes”.A man is heard shouting that the bridge “kept opening” and that it will collapse in “less than 10 minutes”.
The cameraman then backs away as the bridge comes away from the bank, and crashes under the water.The cameraman then backs away as the bridge comes away from the bank, and crashes under the water.
A man is the heard exclaiming “It's gone! It’s gone!”A man is the heard exclaiming “It's gone! It’s gone!”
The video was released on YouTube after a powerful storm caused a bridge in Desert Centre, in the Colorado Desert, Calilfornia, to collapse.The video was released on YouTube after a powerful storm caused a bridge in Desert Centre, in the Colorado Desert, Calilfornia, to collapse.
In an unrelated incident, flash floods swept through the remote area on 10 Freeway, and resulted in a nearly 50-mile long closure for 5 days, KTLA5 news reported. In an unrelated incident, flash floods swept through the remote area on 10 Freeway, and resulted in a nearly 50-mile long closure for 5 days, KTLA5 news reported. 
Luckily, neither incident was deadly, however bridge collapses in the past have killed many.
In 2001, a pillar on a bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, gave way and killed more than 50 people after a bus tour and two cars plunged into the Douro River.
Some 101 people died in Hanover, Germany, in 1998 after a high-speed train became derailed and caused an overpass to collapse, according to ABC News.