Drivers in Kent had a narrow escape as a bridge collapsed onto the M20 motorway on Saturday. One man was injured as the footbridge plunged onto two lorries on the London-bound carriageway at 12:10pm.
It is said that a digger, carried on the back of a lorry, hit the bridge as it passed causing the deck to sheer away from its foundations. Following the incident, motorists faced a tailback stretching 15 miles on the M20, the main route to the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover. Many travellers misdeed their ferry connections to France as a result.
A motorcyclist in his 50s was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital in Royal Tunbridge Wells with suspected broken ribs. An air ambulance, serval ambulance crews, firefighters and police rushed to the scene, but the motorcyclist was the only causality.
Traffic on both sides of the M20 came to a halt, causing long tailbacks on one of the busiest days of the year. Highways England said the M26 in Kent has been closed eastbound between the M25 junction and J3 of the M20 to “assist management of traffic.”
