The Tocantins Military Police confirmed that two people in the partial collapse of the bridge that connects the cities of Aguiarnópolis (TO) and Estreito (MA), on BR-226.
The structure fell into the Tocantis River and caused the death of a 25-year-old woman, who was found lifeless in the water by local people. The second victim, also female, has not yet had her age confirmed.
A 36-year-old man was found alive and taken by members of the public to the hospital in Estreito (MA) with a broken leg. So far, based on information collected at the scene, there are 5 vehicles still submerged, according to the Tocantis Military Police.
Carlos Brandão, governor of Maranhão, stated that, “due to the collapse of the BR-010 (MA) bridge, which connects Estreito (MA) to Aguiarnópolis (TO)”, the Ministries of Transport and National Integration, the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) and the governments of Tocantins and Maranhão were called in for the collapse.
I received the information with sadness. I just spoke with the mayor of Aguiarnópolis, Wanderly Leite, to find out about the real situation, according to preliminary information vehicles and motorcycles fell into the water. At the moment, our priority is to care for the victims and provide all the necessary support to the affected families
Wanderlei Barbosa, governor of Tocantins
Teams from the Tocantis fire department are carrying out a search operation for victims at the location.
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This content was originally published in Two people die in bridge collapse in Tocantins on the CNN Brasil website.
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