VIPs find yourself in a heap as bridge collapses throughout inauguration in Congo | Video

Officials who had gathered to inaugurate a brand new footbridge in Congo ended up in a heap after the construction collapsed beneath their ft, a viral video exhibits.

Video screengrab exhibits Congo officers stumbling because the newly inaugurated bridge buckles.

HIGHLIGHTSA footbridge in Congo collapsed inside moments of its inaugurationOfficials who had been nonetheless on the bridge ended up in a heapThe video of the incident has gone viral

Sharply-suited dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge within the Congolese capital on Monday just for the construction to break down beneath their ft to the hardly hid delight of onlookers, video verified by Reuters confirmed.

Just as an organiser reduce the ribbon on the ceremony in Kinshasa’s Mont-Ngafula district, the bridge buckled, each its handrails broke off, and the central part slumped into the stream a few metres beneath.

Bridge collapses whereas being commissioned in DR Congo. pic.twitter.com/hIzwKWBx9g

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Spectators shouted in obvious glee because the VIPs struggled to get off the crumpled wreck. Nobody was reported to have been damage within the incident.

One of the final folks to climb free was a person in army fatigues and darkish glasses who was clutching an unopened bottle of champagne, different footage shared extensively on social media confirmed.

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