Three hurt in US bridge collapse

The major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a bridge collapsed, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river, police said. All three people who were on the span were rescued and taken to hospitals.

The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge – more than half a century old – collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste blamed it on a big truck carrying a tall load that hit an upper part of the span.