{{Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the frigid water, authorities said.}}<\/p>\n
Two of the three people rescued from the river were hospitalized with hypothermia, said Given Kutz, a spokesman for Skagit County in the northern part of the state.<\/p>\n
There were apparently no fatalities. “They (rescuers) don’t expect anyone else (remains) in the water,” he said.<\/p>\n
Authorities were awaiting confirmation on the cause of the collapse, said a second Skagit County spokesman, Jim Martin. Local media reported it might have been caused by a truck striking the structure.<\/p>\n
It was not raining at the time, Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper Mark Francis said.<\/p>\n
The bridge is on the Interstate 5 freeway where it crosses the Skagit River between the towns of Mount Vernon and Burlington, 55 miles north of Seattle.<\/p>\n
The freeway is the main corridor for car traffic between Seattle and Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n
The bridge was built in 1955, according to the website for the National Bridge Inventory Database.<\/p>\n
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