(ATHENS) One person was killed and four were injured in a partial bridge collapse for unknown reasons on Sunday in Patras, western Greece, Greek police and media said.
“We confirm the death of one person,” a police spokesman told AFP.
The ANA news agency and the public broadcaster ERT, citing the ambulance services, claimed that there were four injured, who had been transferred to two hospitals in the city.
PHOTO ANDREAS ALEXOPOULOS, INTIMATE VIA REUTERS
Rescuers come to the aid of an injured person.
A large-scale rescue operation is underway with firefighters and ambulances on site.
The reasons for the collapse are not known at this stage. The work of art is located on the road which connects the port of Patras, in the peninsula of Peloponnese (South-West), to Athens.
However, according to Efthymis Lekkas, the president of the OASP earthquake protection organization, quoted by the ERT channel, the bridge was experiencing stability problems which were known to the authorities.
Restoration work began in 2021 at a cost of more than six million euros, according to ERT.