The collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Istanbul a man has been killed. At least two other people were injured. A tank truck had rammed the overpass.

In video surveillance cameras is to see how the truck laden with chemicals approaches with highly been run tanks on the European route E5 of the bridge.

According to “Hürriyet” the truck crashed at about ten clock with a loud bang against the transfer, a portion of the tank to a van crashed into the oncoming lane. The man at the wheel was immediately dead. Tanker driver was injured, but him to different sources, between two and four other people.

The truck was broken in the accident in Avcilar district into two parts. The bridge collapsed debris therefore also on a bus. The firefighters covered the truck immediately with foam.

Rescue workers were with a large contingent on site. The blocking of the E5 caused traffic chaos in parts of Istanbul.

The district Avcilar, where many buildings are in poor condition, had been seriously damaged in an earthquake in 1999. Why the party causing the accident was driving with highly been run tanks, is not yet known. According to the newspaper “Milliyet” the driver allegedly said that he had the container can not go down due to a malfunction of the hydraulic damper. Loaded he had thus liquid glucose.

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