WATCH: Raw video from the scene of the Longueuil pedestrian bridge collapse
LONGUEUIL — A pedestrian walkway collapsed on the 132 near Roland-Therrien Boulevard in Longueuil Tuesday night.
The incident took place at around 8 p.m. when a snow-removal truck rammed into the underside of a pedestrian overpass on Highway 132 on Montreal’s South Shore.
Quebec provincial police spokesperson Claude Denis said that two people — the snow removal truck driver and a driver directly behind the truck who was caught up in the collapse — were transferred to hospital to be treated for minor injuries and shock.
The walkway was built to allow pedestrians to cross to the Longueuil Marina and links Marie-Victorin and Lemoyne Parks.
According to Longueuil city authorities, the bridge had been updated in the summer of 2014 at a price tag of $3.2 million.
The remnants of footbridge were cleared by work crews at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, and the highway reopened to traffic in both directions shortly after 6 a.m.
In Quebec City on Wednesday morning, the province’s Transport Minister, Robert Poëti, told reporters that the trucking company involved in the accident would likely be asked to foot the bill for a new bridge.
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