A motorway bridge has collapsed near the north-east Italian city of Ancona, killing two. The victims were in a car below the bridge when it fell down onto the A14 road, which runs between Loreto and Ancona South, the BBC reports.

The collapse involved a temporary structure which was supporting the bridge, Autostrade, the Italian highways agency said. Two Romanian workers were also injured in the incident.

The two people who died were a husband and wife, originally from the province of Ascoli Piceno, whose white Nissan Qashqai was crushed as the bridge came down, Ansa news agency reported.