This photo posted on the Facebook page of the Catigbian Police Station shows a HOWO dumptruck owned by Alturas Company, loaded with sand in distress after the Borja Bridge in Purok 2, Barangay Alegria, in Catigbian, Bohol collapsed on Thursday morning, June 16, 2022.
Cebu City, Philippines—The Catigbian Police Station confirmed that the Borja Bridge in Purok 2, Barangay Alegria, in Catigbian, Bohol collapsed on Thursday morning, June 16, 2022.
The town police, in a statement in its Facebook page on Thursday, said the incident happened at around 9:30 a.m.
Initial police report says the steel bridge in the said barangay collapsed when a dumptruck loaded with sand and heading towards Sagbayan from Barangay Lapaz Cortes passed the bridge.
The police said no one was injured in the incident and the driver of the truck was safe.
Motorists are now advised to take alternative routes in going to and from Sagbayan to nearby towns.
It can be recalled that the Old Clarin Bridge in Loay, Bohol also collapsed last April 27, 2022, killing several individuals, including a foreigner.
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