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Bridge collapses under vehicle near Covelo
A bridge on Hill Road near Covelo gave way Friday as a vehicle crossed it, dropping the car onto its roof beside the Eel River and leaving the driver with minor injuries, the California Highway Patrol said. The collapse occurred Friday before roughly 9 p.m., when the CHP posted its alert. Officers from CHP’s Ukiah […] The post Bridge collapses under vehicle near Covelo appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Bridge collapses under vehicle near Covelo, A bridge on Hill Road near Covelo gave way Friday as a vehicle crossed it, dropping the car onto its roof beside the Eel River and leaving the driver with minor injuries, the California Highway Patrol said. The collapse occurred Friday before roughly 9 p.m., when the CHP posted its alert. Officers from CHP’s Ukiah […] The post Bridge collapses under vehicle near Covelo appeared first on Local News Matters .
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