Around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, the second suspension bridge on the Puyo tourist promenade, Pastaza province, collapsed and injured eight people, who at that time were in the structure and fell into the waters of the Puyo River.
After the alert that was generated through ECU911, the relief agencies went to the place, located in the Obrero neighborhood, in Puyo, where it was evident that the structure had collapsed.
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According to some witnesses, the structure would have collapsed because the people who were there began to jump.
Rescue personnel from the Pastaza Fire Department announced that they treated three women aged 19, 28 and 58, as well as two men aged 40 and 60. After the first aid they received at the site, they were transferred to the General del Puyo and IESS (Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security) hospitals, where they were admitted for presenting polycontusions.
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The Ministry of Health reported that the staff attended an 11-year-old boy, as well as two women aged 11 and 51. After their medical assessment at the scene, the injured were transferred to different health houses for their respective assessment.
The National Police and the Risk and Emergency Management Service announced that the tourists fell from a height of approximately three meters. Preliminarily, it was reported that a lateral cable that supported the bridge broke and caused the emergency. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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