HELSINKI — Two dozen people, many of them schoolchildren, were injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapsed in the southern Finnish city of Espoo on Thursday, police and media said.

Police said the bridge crossing a construction site in Espoo’s Tapiola neighborhood collapsed at 09:30 local time. No one was killed, but 24 people were injured, 10 of them seriously.

Espoo is Finland's second largest city, and lies a few kilometers west of the capital Helsinki.

"Several people fell a few meters when the bridge collapsed. The situation is being investigated,” police said in a statement.

Police say they don't have any more detailed information about the condition of those who were on the bridge, which was in use as part of a years-long redevelopment of the original 1950s Tapiola town center.

Rescue services are conducting a technical investigation in the area.

Many of the injured were taken to Helsinki University Hospital.

"The injuries are mostly extremity fractures,” the hospital said in a statement, adding that the injured belonged to a school group.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö tweeted: "Shocking news about an accident in Tapiola. Providing support and help now important." — Euronews