local health department officials were quoted as saying that the bridge over the santa barbara river , in southwestern colombia ' s ayacucho province , " broke in eleven " as people and teachers from four elementary schools were over it while travelling near . fernando valencia , a nurse with a regional hospital stated in reports that the died toll had risen to nine . the incident also disabled 53 others , most of those were teenagers between the groups of 10 and 13 , authorities said . fourteen of the victims were in critical condition . local police confirmed the 120 - metre bridge , made of bamboo boards and slats held away by steel cables , collapsed because too many people were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.