MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Spectators leaving a Fourth of July fireworks show overloaded a pedestrian bridge to about twice its capacity before it collapsed and sent about 50 people tumbling into a lake, the township trustee in charge of the bridge said Sunday.
About 25 people were injured. None of the injuries was life-threatening and all victims were accounted for, Merrillville Police Chief Joseph Petruch said in a statement.
The wooden bridge suspended by cables at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville, about...
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