In 2017, a wooden suspension bridge fell in the village of El Carmen (Villavicencio), causing nine deaths, news that caused a stir nationwidesince this type of bridges are found throughout the country, and it is common to see them on tourist tours, so a walk can end in tragedy.
Precisely, a situation like this is almost repeated in the municipality of Andes (Antioquia) during this week, after a board broke on a wooden bridge and a child fell into the void.
However, unlike the case recorded in Meta, the minor was saved from death because he fell on the top of a tree. There he held on until they managed to rescue him with a rope and get him back on the bridge, unharmed, but quite scared.
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The recording shows how citizens throw a rope at the child, ask him to hold on to it and then a man picks him up and climbs to the height of the bridge, through the same hole that fell.
Next the video of what happened: