The collapse of the Grayston Drive pedestrian bridge in October 2015 sent shockwaves around the country.
The incident injured 19 people and left two dead. The enquiry into the cause of the collapse began in February 2016 but was postponed after 27 sittings due to ‘a number of challenges’. This week, the enquiry has resumed and will include a total of 13 sessions which will finish in September.
Here’s how Twitter reacted at the time of the collapse:
Early Video Footage
of the #M1BridgeCollapse which occurred on 14 October 2015 when temporary works erected by #MurrayRoberts collapsed onto the busy motorway below.Grayston Bridge Collapse https://t.co/vqveuhxbHW via @YouTube
— Gregory Harington #M1BridgeCollapse (@AskGregory) April 24, 2018
Thoughts and prayers go out to any one injured or trapped in the N1 / Grayston bridge collapse. @CityofJoburgZA pic.twitter.com/ddt7qHEiPP
— David Potter (@DavidCOJ102) October 14, 2015
Thoughts & prayers with Guateng commuters injured in N1 Bridge collapse. Pass under that structure all the time and can't imagine the horror
— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) October 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/NOSAtweets/status/753490126764933120
The Grayston bridge collapse explanation sounds like the 3 little piggies nursery rhyme. Wind collapsing a bridge, really… ???????? C'mon…
— Laurika Nxumalo™ (@LaMkhatjwa) July 12, 2016
Site of tragic Grayston bridge collapse cleansed, bridge construction to go ahead https://t.co/8jHniUDgVh #M1 pic.twitter.com/WHPu5PJHoF
— Sandton Chronicle (@Sandton_News) November 13, 2015
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