Bridge Collapses in Gujarat; 10 Dead in River Plunge

Ten persons, including two siblings, were killed and nine others rescued after multiple vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river when a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said.

- Press Trust Of India

A slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on the Mahisagar river, which connects central Gujarat to the Saurashtra region of the state, collapsed, killing ten persons, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural) Rohan Anand said.

Visuals from the site showed the entire chunk of the slab of the bridge between two piers has collapsed. The slab collapse caused the vehicles, which were passing through the bridge, to plunge into the river.