A motorway bridge south of the central Italian city of Ancona collapsed on Thursday, reportedly killing two motorists.

The website of the newspaper La Repubblica said they were a 60-year-old man and his 54-year-old wife who lived in the adjacent Marche region.

A car trapped under the collapsed motorway segment

A photo issued by police showed a Nissan SUV crushed under the autostrada span.

The bridge is part of the A14 highway, between Ancona South and Loreto.

The local fire brigade posted a video of the scene on Twitter.

The operator of the autostrada told Italian news agency Ansa that a temporary structure supporting the bridge had collapsed.

La Repubblica said the injured construction workers were Romanians.

aw/msh, ipj (dpa, AP, Reuters)