One of the arches of a stone bridge collapsed on Monday March 18 as a truck passed through the town of Chamborigaud (Gard), dragging down the vehicle, whose driver was injured, he said. -we learned from the emergency services and the town hall.
The bridge, which spans the Luech river on the D906 north of this village in the Cévennes, about twenty kilometers northwest of Alès, gave way around 16:30 p.m. as the truck, of the "sweeper" type, passed by, indicated in a press release from the Gard firefighters.
“An arch of the bridge collapsed, causing a truck to fall. Traffic impossible,” the town hall of this town of around 800 inhabitants near Mont Lozère confirmed on its website.
"The driver of the vehicle, a man of around 40 years old, conscious", was taken care of by the emergency services and evacuated by helicopter, according to the firefighters, who employed around forty men and 20 vehicles.
The truck's tank was not punctured in the accident and there is no risk of pollution, according to the gendarmes.
The road axis is cut off to traffic and diversions have been put in place, added the town hall, which advises going via the Landeol-Route de Bessèges axis.
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