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France: Too heavy truck could have caused the deadly collapse of a bridge

Rescuers in action after the collapse of a bridge in Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, near Toulouse, November 18, 2019.

The spectacular collapse of a bridge on Monday in southwestern France, in which two people were killed, may have been caused by the passage of a truck which, according to the mayor of the village of the drama, weighed double the maximum weight allowed.

"We estimate (the weight of the truck) to more than 40 tons, largely.It was a truck of outsize size, the bridge has cracked," said Tuesday to AFP Eric Oget, Mayor of Mirepoix-sur-Tarn , a small town of a thousand inhabitants.

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