2 killed as girder falls from Kobe expressway
Two people were killed when a 120-meter-long bridge girder fell from a height of about 20 meters Friday afternoon at a construction site on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kita Ward, Kobe.
The accident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. Friday. According to the Kobe fire department, two people were killed and eight people were injured, some seriously.
All are believed to be construction workers at the site.
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