This incident occurred on 14 October when the scaffolding collapsed at the Grayston Drive bridge, resulting in the closure of the highway.
Nthatisi Modingoane, spokesperson for the City of Johannesburg confirmed that five victims of the collapse were critically injured.
Three people were killed in the M1 bridge collapse.
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VIDEO: How the Grayston Drive pedestrian bridge should have looked