Children trapped after Peru bridge horror

Emergency teams were working today to rescue 30 children after a footbridge collapsed in Peru’s highlands, plunging the youngsters and their teachers more than 230 feet into a ravine and killing at least eight people.

Children trapped after Peru bridge horror

Emergency teams were working today to rescue 30 children after a footbridge collapsed in Peru’s highlands, plunging the youngsters and their teachers more than 230 feet into a ravine and killing at least eight people.

Authorities in Ayacucho province said nearly 80 people were crossing the bridge made of wood planks strung on steel cables when it gave way yesterday.

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