Emergency workers and police stand at the site where two people died and two more were injured in Lochem, easter Netherlands, on Feb. 21, 2024, when part of a new bridge being built over a canal collapsed, emergency services said. Rens Hulman/AP Photo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Two people died and two others were injured Wednesday when part of a bridge being built over a canal in the eastern Netherlands collapsed, emergency services said.
The accident happened in Lochem, 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Amsterdam, as workers lifted a large metal arch into place.
