Bridge almost collapses after crash in Wemmel

On Saturday morning, a lorry crashed into the pillar of a bridge on the Brussels orbital road. The lorry driver was killed in the accident. As the bridge might collapse, the Brussels ring road was closed in both directions for several hours, which caused major tailbacks.
The accident happened around 8:30 a.m. at the very busy junction in Wemmel, west of Brussels. The driver allegedly hesitated whether he would take the exit or not, and crashed into the pillar of a bridge.
As the danger of the bridge collapsing is imminent, the body of the man could not be removed from the wreckage immediately.The orbital road was re-opened for south-bound traffic at 10:45 a.m., but the inner ring road remained closed for the rest of the day. This could remain so until late on Sunday.
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