Tourism Island Bali turned deadly Sunday after a bridge collapsted

30 injured, 9 dead so far. This is happening on the Indonesian vacation spot and resort island of Bali. A bridge connecting two small islands near collapsed on Sunday.

30 injured, 9 dead so far. This is happening on the Indonesian vacation spot and resort island of Bali. A bridge connecting two small islands near collapsed on Sunday. No tourists were among the victims.

There were too many people passing over the bridge for a religious ceremony when it collapsed at 6 PM .Some motorbikes also fell into the water.

The sea beneath the bridge was less than two meters deep, but many of the victims were crushed by debris.

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency stopped the search for the day at 9 PM local time, but will resume at daybreak on Monday.

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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