A SECTION of a bridge connecting Babat Lamongan and Widang Tuban in East Java collapsed into the Bengawan Solo River on Tuesday, April 17, causing a number of vehicles to plunge into the water.

A video posted to Facebook shows the aftermath, with trucks visible in the water. According to a local news report, two truck drivers died in the incident.

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The bridge collapsed at around 11am Western Indonesian Time (WIB). Vehicles reported to have dropped into the river include a dump truck, a motorcycle and two small HGVs, known locally as “Truk Tronton”).

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Credit: Okan via Storyful</s>A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene after a bridge connecting Lamongan and Tuban in Indonesia's East Java province collapsed and fell into the Bengawan Solo River yesterday. Three trucks and a motorcycle plunged into the water, and two truck drivers died in the incident.</s>At least two Indonesians were killed on Tuesday after a bridge on Java island collapsed while a motorcycle and three trucks were on it, causing them to fall into the river.

National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement that two truck drivers had been killed in the incident and their bodies were still trapped inside the vehicles at the time.
A bridge linking Babat, Lamongan, and Widang, Tuban, in East Java, Indonesia, collapses. Several vehicles fall into the Bengawan Solo River, killing at least two truckers.