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I just watched the footage. It's pretty horrifying. The whole bridge collapsed in a few seconds. It's a pretty long drop down to the water. Anyone on that bridg

I just watched the footage. It's pretty horrifying. The whole bridge collapsed in a few seconds. It's a pretty long drop down to the water. Anyone on that bridge ended up in the water with little/no warning. That drop alone would injure/kill many. And immediately after people would be in cold water still locked in their vehicles. The water there was deep enough to be able to deal with loaded container ships. So, tens of meters at least. If you then factor in currents and the amount of time it takes to mount any form of rescue operation with divers, etc. it starts looking pretty grim indeed. I hope rescue workers pull off a minor miracle.

yieldcrv 3y ago
from what I can tell it didn't look like vehicles, it looked like road maintenance, so people outside and maybe a vehicle. only difference is not trapped in vehicle, everything else still dire
- Symbiote 3y ago
  There's a slight benefit that a road crew will be dressed for nighttime outside weather, with reflective clothing, are all adults, and probably have some level of physical fitness.
  - thfuran 3y ago
    If you're going to be dropped into water, heavy clothing is probably very much not what you want.
    - baq 3y ago
      Thick winter clothing is what you want if you have something to hold on to which floats. Otherwise it's a choice between drowning and hypothermia...
brazzy 3y ago
> The water there was deep enough to be able to deal with loaded container ships. So, tens of meters at least. There are only a handful of ships in the world with a draft of more than 20 meters. The ship involved in the collision has a (maximum) draft of 15 meters.
- ben7799 3y ago
  Doesn't really matter. You can drown in 1 meter.