Event

I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse

23 May 2013 · 48.45° N, 122.34° W

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When
23 May 2013
Kind
Event
Coordinates
48.45° N, 122.34° W
Description
A bridge near Mount Vernon, Washington, collapses after a truck full of drilling equipment bumps into the bridge's steel framework.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse.

I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse

Road bridge collapse in Mount Vernon, Washington

On May 23, 2013, at approximately 7:00 pm PDT, a span of the bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River in the U.S. state of Washington collapsed. Three people in two different vehicles fell into the river below and were rescued by boat, escaping serious injury.

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