Four people died and several were injured when part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed near Mumbai’s main railway station Thursday evening.
More than a dozen people are feared trapped in the debris after the bridge collapsed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus during rush hour, India Today TV news channel reported.
“I and passersby pulled out people from a taxi over which the bridge had fallen,” an unidentified man told the TV channel.
The Mumbai Police identified two of the dead as Apoorva Prabhu, 35, and Ranjana Tambe, 40. The Railways said in a statement the bridge belonged to city’s municipal corporation, reported news agency.
In September 2017, a stampede on a pedestrian bridge at the Elphinstone Road railway station in the city killed more than 22 people.
Authorities had ordered inspections of all railways bridges—many of which were built during the colonial era—for safety.
More than a dozen people are feared trapped in the debris after the bridge collapsed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus during rush hour, India Today TV news channel reported.
“I and passersby pulled out people from a taxi over which the bridge had fallen,” an unidentified man told the TV channel.
The Mumbai Police identified two of the dead as Apoorva Prabhu, 35, and Ranjana Tambe, 40. The Railways said in a statement the bridge belonged to city’s municipal corporation, reported news agency.
In September 2017, a stampede on a pedestrian bridge at the Elphinstone Road railway station in the city killed more than 22 people.
Authorities had ordered inspections of all railways bridges—many of which were built during the colonial era—for safety.
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