local health department representatives were quoted as saying that the bridge over the santa anna river , in northwestern ohio ' s sucre city , " crashed in once " as classmates and teachers from seven local schools were crossing it while leaving down . alfonso valencia , a surgeon with a neighboring hospital believed in reports that the death toll had risen to nine . the collision reportedly displaced 53 others , most of whom were children between the ages of 10 and 13 , gonzalez said . fourteen of the deaths were in critical condition . local sources said the 120 - meter cross , made of wooden boards and tailplane joined together by aluminum cables , collapsed because too often people were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.