24 people, many of them children, hurt in bridge collapse in Finland

Two dozen people, many of them schoolchildren, were injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed in the Finnish city of Espoo on Thursday.

Police said the bridge crossing a construction site in Espoo’s Tapiola region collapsed mid-morning. No one was killed, but 24 people were injured, 10 of them seriously. Espoo is a neighboring city of the capital, Helsinki.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto tweeted: “Shocking news about an accident in Tapiola. Providing support and help now important.” Police are conducting a technical investigation in the area and the possible causes for the accident are being probed.

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