A bridge collapsed onto the A14
motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona Thursday,
killing two people and injuring two others, sources said.
The dead people were in a car that was travelling under the
bridge, the sources said.
Highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge
was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been
closed to traffic.
The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway
between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes.
Only one car was affected by the collapse, the one in which
the dead people were travelling, according to an initial
reconstruction.
The two injured people are workers, sources said.
Traffic on the highway is closed in both directions.
Ancona is a provincial capital in the Marche region.
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