I think we will find that lives were spared because it appears that the bridge “pancaked” into the river. I know in ‘67 with the Silver Bridge the spans fell vertically into the river. Virtually all the cars went into the river.
I’m actually shaking as I watch the video. This brings back so many emotions from the ‘67 collapse. I was 16. There was a real pall over our town (Point Pleasant)for months. It was December and Christmas was difficult that year.
Channel 5 reports that injuries are streaming into local hospitals (HCMC, Fairview Riverside and U of M Hospitals)...
A lot of people in the Ohio Valley region are probably feeling the same way.
I know one of the first things I thought about when I saw it on FOX News was “heck, that happened here in Ohio once, not again !”