This is the shocking moment a bridge crashed to the ground in Trafford .

Emergency services rushed to the scene next to the M60 Barton Bridge at around 8.30am on Monday, but luckily nobody was injured.

The man who captured the incredible clip, as he was driving past, said it was surreal to watch it happen.

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The driver, who wants to remain anonymous, said: “I was just driving towards it and it just collapsed. It was surreal to see it.”

He said at first it looked like it was just being lowered, but one side was much lower than the other and it was then he realised something had gone wrong.

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As it happened: Emergency services at scene of structural collapse

“I saw the angle it was going down at and thought that it wasn’t right.

“A fork lift then falls off into the canal. You can see it sliding off in the video. It catapults into it.”

“It’s a miracle nobody was injured or killed. Anyone could have been walking under it.”