Pangandaran’s Red-and-White Bridge Shifts During Inauguration as Regent Crosses

The Pongpet suspension bridge in Margacinta Village, Pangandaran, shifted during its inauguration as Regent Citra Pitriyami, the local military commander and other officials stood on it.

Part of the bridge suddenly tilted, causing several people on the structure to fall. The entire group survived.

Brig. Gen. Donny Pramono, head of the Indonesian Army’s information service, said more than 50 people crossed the bridge simultaneously, exceeding its stated capacity. The pressure caused the sling cable on the left side to detach from its main anchor, leaving the bridge leaning.

Donny said the incident had been described in some media reports as a bridge collapse, but argued that the entire structure had not collapsed. The main bridge structure remained in place, while the damaged component was the left sling cable and its anchoring system.

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As reported by several media outlets, the condition was described as the bridge collapsing. To clarify the information, what occurred was not the collapse or failure of the entire bridge structure.