(ANSA) - Ancona, March 9 - A bridge collapsed onto the A14 motorway near the central Italian city of Ancona Thursday, killing two people and injuring two others, sources said.

The victims were named as Emidio Diomedi, 60, and his wife Antonella Viviani, 54.

They lived in Spinetoli near Ascoli Piceno and not near Teramo as earlier reported.

The dead people were in a Nissan car that was travelling under the bridge, the sources said. Highway company Autostrade per l'Italia said that the bridge was a temporary structure to support an overpass that had been closed to traffic.

The collapse took place amid work to broaden the highway between the South Ancona and Loreto exits to three lanes.

Only one car was affected by the collapse, the one in which the dead people were travelling, according to an initial reconstruction.

The two injured people are construction workers, sources said.

Traffic on the highway is closed in both directions. Ancona is a provincial capital in the Marche region.

