Three people were killed and at least three others were seriously injured when a bridge, which was being prepared for demolition, collapsed in a “work site accident” in Mississippi on Wednesday afternoon,

A Mississippi bridge set to be demolished collapsed in a deadly accident on Wednesday, officials said. The Mississippi Department of Transportation confirmed there were fatalities, though it did not specify how many people died.

Three people were killed and four were critically injured Wednesday when a bridge in Mississippi that was closed nearly a month ago collapsed while a work crew was prepping it for demolition, authorities said.

Three people died and at least four were injured in a worksite accident on a bridge that was being demolished in Simpson County, Mississippi, police told WJTV. The bridge, along State Route 149 over the Strong River in the town of D’Lo,