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| The bridge was reported to be the longest in Borneo |
At least
three people have died and 17 others have been injured after a bridge collapsed
on Indonesia's Borneo island.
A bus, cars
and motorcycles plunged from the bridge, which connects Tenggarong and
Tenggarong Seberang town, into the Mahakam River below.
The bridge,
720m long and completed in 2002, is reported to be the longest suspension
bridge in Borneo.
Witnesses
described survivors screaming as they swam to the shore after the bridge gave
way.
Many of the
injured were reported to be suffering from head wounds.
Rescuers
found the bodies of three men who had apparently drowned in the river, while 17
others were taken to Parekesit hospital in Tenggarong, the capital of Kutai
Kertanegara district.
The bridge
was built to resemble San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. The cause of
the collapse was not immediately clear.
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