A bridge collapsed and snapped into two pieces on Thursday near Chamba town in Himachal Pradesh, India. <br /><br />A car, a truck and a motorcycle, which were passing over the bridge, had a miraculous escape.<br /><br />The motorcycle fell into the Ravi river, while the car and the mini truck managed to stay on the bridge. <br /><br />The car driver slammed the brakes and stopped the vehicle. But the truck slided down the steep slope of the fallen structure and came to a halt after hitting the broken pieces at the bottom.<br /><br />Officials said six people were injured in the incident. <br /><br />District Collector Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said poor design and low quality of construction materials may have caused the mishap. <br /><br />“We have ordered an inquiry and action will be taken,” he told news agency ANI.<br /><br />The bridge was built in 2003 to link Chamba to Pathankote in Punjab at a cost of 150 million US dollars.<br /><br />++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN LOOPED++
