Both lanes of Interstate-295 in Northeast D.C. have reopened to traffic Thursday morning after crews worked through the night clearing debris from the roadway following the collapse of a pedestrian bridge.
Bridge 66, that spanned the highway just prior to Polk Street, collapsed around 12 p.m. Wednesday.
Officials say six people were assessed at the scene and four were transported with injuries. The roadway was immediately closed in both directions as emergency crews worked to treat the injured and clear damaged vehicles. Fire officials say no serious injuries or deaths were reported.
FOX 5’s Bob Barnard spoke with Christopher Geldart, D.C.’s Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Thursday who said the collapse happened after the bridge was struck by a truck.
“We had a truck that came down here – a roll off truck – has a boom in the back that’s used to pull the dumpsters up onto the truck. He had left that boom up from when he dropped his last box off and that’s what struck the bridge and brought it down,” Geldart said.