- Title: Drone footage shows collapsed bridge in Serbia floods
- Date: 17th June 2023
- Summary: MRCAJEVCI, SERBIA (JUNE 17, 2023) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF COLLAPSED BRIDGE (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF WATER RUSHING AROUND COLUMNS OF BRIDGE (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF COLLAPSED BRIDGE VARIOUS OF COLLAPSED BRIDGE SEEN FROM SHORE PEOPLE STANDING ON BRIDGE RIVER FLOWING (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) LOCAL RESIDENT, MLADEN MISOVIC, SAYING: "It is an extremely busy road. I live right next to the road, and a huge number of vehicles pass by there every day." (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) LOCAL RESIDENT, MILOJKO POPOVIC, SAYING: "Passenger vehicles passed by, but also trucks of smaller tonnage. When I saw on the video that someone took... (MAKING GESTURES)." (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) LOCAL RESIDENT, MIROLJUB JANKOVIC, SAYING: "There is no more bridge. Now you have to go (around) via Cacak or Kraljevo." (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF CARS PARKING NEAR BUILDING, COLLAPSED BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF DAMAGE TO BRIDGE (MUTE) VARIOUS OF LANDSCAPE WITH RIVERS SWOLLEN BY RAINWATER
- Embargoed: 1st July 2023 14:04
- Keywords: Serbia flooding bridge collapse flooding in the Balkans heavy rainfall
- Location: MRCAJEVCI, SERBIA
- City: MRCAJEVCI, SERBIA
- Country: Serbia
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA001069817062023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Drone footage on Saturday (June 17) showed the remains of a bridge washed away by floodwaters as the Balkan country and its neighbour Bosnia have been hit by heavy rainfall.
A video posted online by an eyewitness showed the mid sections of the bridge near the village of Mrcajevci buckling and falling into the flooded West Morava river.
Local residents said the bridge had been heavily used by passenger and freight traffic, and with its collapse the closest ways to cross the river was to go by the nearby cities of Cacak or Kraljevo.
Serbian and Bosnian authorities declared states of emergency in many areas on Friday (June 16) and helped residents in areas of central Serbia and eastern Bosnia to evacuate, local officials said.
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