How invisible crack led to world’s worst bridge collapse with road ‘folding like a deck of cards’ and leaving 45 dead

A SINGLE crack on a bridge left 45 people dead after the crossing collapsed “like a deck of cards”.

Panicked drivers were left screaming for help from the icy waters beneath after the Silver Bridge between West Virginia and Ohio gave way one fateful day in 1967.

GettyA mangled car is removed from the water after the tragedy in December 1967[/caption] Cars plunged into the water when the crossing caved in APA mountain of rubble being cleared following the tragedy[/caption] APThe mother of one of the victims...