美国华盛顿州官员说，周四晚间，华盛顿州弗农山(Mount Vernon)斯卡吉特河(Skagit River)上一条州际公路的桥梁发生坍塌，导致几辆汽车坠入河中，这些车上的三名驾车人获救。
By Joel Millman, Zusha Elinson and Jim Carlton
五县事故管理小组负责公共事务的官员德耶林(Marcus Deyerin)说，事故现场未报告有人员死亡。事故发生在西雅图以北约60英里（合96公里）的地方。
A section of an Interstate Highway bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash., collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles into the water from which three motorists were rescued, state officials said.
德耶林说，没有迹象显示除三位获救者之外还有其他人落水或有人下落不明。
There were no fatalities reported at the scene, about 60 miles north of Seattle, said Marcus Deyerin, the public affairs officer for the five-county incident-management team that responded to the collapse.
事发地当局说，5号州际公路上的桥梁坍塌事故发生在太平洋标准时间晚上7点左右，9点前落水者被从现场救走。
Mr. Deyerin said there was 'no indication' that anyone other than the three rescued went into the water or that anyone was unaccounted for.
德耶林说，我们不知道他们伤势如何。
Authorities at the location said the collapse on Interstate 5 occurred at about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, and that the victims were evacuated from the scene by 9 p.m.
华盛顿州运输部发言人布雷迪(Noel Brady)说，不清楚大桥为何会在高峰时段即将结束时坍塌。
'We do not know the extent of their injuries' Mr. Deyerin said.
布雷迪说，我们正在调查超载卡车上桥的可能，但尚未证实这种猜测。
Noel Brady, a spokesman for the Washington State Department of Transportation, said that it was 'unclear what caused the bridge to collapse' at the tail end of rush hour.
他说，华盛顿州北部地区确实有一些老旧的基础设施。据联邦记录显示，坍塌的大桥建于1955年。
'We are investigating the possibility that an oversized load truck hit the bridge but we haven't confirmed it,' Mr. Brady said.
Joel Millman / Zusha Elinson / Jim Carlton
- highway [´haiwei]
n.公路，大道 (初中英语单词) - extent [ik´stent] n.长度；程度；范围 (初中英语单词)
- transportation [,trænspɔ:´teiʃən] n.运输；运送；运费 (初中英语单词)
- possibility [,pɔsə´biliti] n.可能(性)；希望；前途 (初中英语单词)
- location [ləu´keiʃən] n.定位；位置；地方 (高中英语单词)
- collapse [kə´læps] vi.&n.崩溃；病倒；衰败 (高中英语单词)
- pacific [pə´sifik] a.和平的；温和的 (高中英语单词)
- bridge [bridʒ] n.桥(梁)；鼻梁；桥牌 (英语四级单词)
- interstate [,intə´steit] a.各州间的 (英语六级单词)
- spokesman [´spəuksmən] n.发言人 (英语六级单词)
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