--- description: The collapsed overpass was under construction for the tournament title: Brazil: World Cup Highway Collapse Kills 2, Injures 19 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc21fa9cacdd6db6e/69869a87f983e7126104eaf3/brazil-wcup-overpass-_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [world cup 2014](/tag/world-cup-2014/) ## world cup 2014 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 2 Dead, 19 Injured in World Cup Highway Collapse  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 3, 2014 10:20 PM CUT  Fire department personnel work to retrieve a car from underneath a collapsed bridge in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Fire department personnel work to retrieve a car from underneath a collapsed bridge in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014.Victor R. Caivano—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 3, 2014 10:20 PM CUT At least [two people were killed](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/brazil-overpass-world-cup-project-collapses "undefined") when a highway overpass collapsed Thursday in Belo Horizonte, one of the Brazilian cities hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The rubble trapped a commuter bus, a car and two construction trucks, Brazilian authorities said. An official who wished to remain anonymous told the Associated Press that 19 additional people were injured in the accident. The overpass that fell was under construction, one of the many infrastructure projects undertaken for the World Cup that is still unfinished. It lay about three miles from the Mineirao stadium, where the semifinal game will be played Tuesday. One of the people killed was a woman who was driving the commuter bus. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/brazil-overpass-world-cup-project-collapses "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2955157/2-dead-19-injured-in-world-cup-highway-collapse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2955157/2-dead-19-injured-in-world-cup-highway-collapse/"},"headline":"2 Dead, 19 Injured in World Cup Highway Collapse","datePublished":"2014-07-03T22:20:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:58:36.012Z","description":"The collapsed overpass was under construction for the tournament","url":"https://time.com/2955157/2-dead-19-injured-in-world-cup-highway-collapse/","keywords":["world cup 2014","brazil","World Cup","2014 World Cup"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc21fa9cacdd6db6e/69869a87f983e7126104eaf3/brazil-wcup-overpass-_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc21fa9cacdd6db6e/69869a87f983e7126104eaf3/brazil-wcup-overpass-_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fire department personnel work to retrieve a car from underneath a collapsed bridge in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014.","caption":"Fire department personnel work to retrieve a car from underneath a collapsed bridge in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014.","creditText":"Victor R. Caivano—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/world-cup-2014/","name":"world cup 2014"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2955157/2-dead-19-injured-in-world-cup-highway-collapse/","name":"2 Dead, 19 Injured in World Cup Highway Collapse"}}]}] ```