11 May 2023 at 10:13 Dozens of children injured in Finland after bridge collapse Several children in the city of Espoo, near Helsinki, are said to be injured after a footbridge collapsed. This is stated by the hospital, quoted by the Reuters news agency. It was initially reported that 27 children were injured to varying degrees. In an update, the Finnish broadcaster Yle writes that 24 children have been injured. All have been taken to hospital. A spokesperson for the fire service has stated to the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti that there were around 40 school children on the bridge. – A dozen people are seriously injured, but there should be no danger to life, he says. The rescue service Länsi-Uusimaa says that it is a bridge, or scaffolding, that has collapsed at a construction site, and that the children were a group of schoolchildren. Police say the accident happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning. According to information to Yle, the children are in the 8th grade.
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