2 Workers Die After Part of Bridge Being Built Over Dutch Canal Collapses

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.