Mississippi officials say a woman is lucky to be alive after part of the historic Byram Swinging Bridge collapsed Wednesday evening.
The woman and a friend were walking across the historic Mississippi bridge when part of the bridge failed. The woman fell approximately 40 feet onto a sandbar below. Emergency officials report that she appeared to have broken both of her legs in the incident.
An official with the Rankin County Emergency Operations Center told WAPT News in Jackson that the woman was lucky to be alive…