At least three people were killed and four were missing after a passenger bus plunged from a bridge into a river in northwest Spain, local emergency services said on Sunday. Two survivors, the driver of the vehicle and a passenger, have so far been rescued from the …
Read More »Death toll reaches 134 after bridge collapses in India; watch video of the moment of the fall – News
At least 134 people died in India last Sunday (30), when a Collapsed Colonial Era Suspension Bridge in Gujarat State. Authorities said about 500 people were on the bridge celebrating Diwali, or festival of lights, and the holidays in Chhath, when the cables supporting the structure gave …
Read More »Suspension bridge collapses in India, killing at least 60 people
At least 60 people died in India on Sunday when a colonial-era suspension bridge collapsed in the western state of Gujarat, regional government minister Brijesh Merja told AFP. “More than 80 were rescued,” he added. The previous balance was 30 dead. Hundreds of people were on …
Read More »Crimean PM calculates bridge repair will take ‘one and a half months’ – News
Crimean Prime Minister Serguey Aksyonov predicted on Monday that repairing the blast-damaged bridge, for which Russia blames Ukraine, will take around “a month and a half”. “We are already working. I believe there are obstacles in the way, and we will do it in the shortest possible …
Read More »Bridge collapsed as it was being inaugurated by authorities, in the Republic of Congo – Metro World News Brasil
a ceremony of opening of a bridge ended up totally frustrated in a village in Democratic Republic of Congo, former Zaire. The reason: the structure could not support the weight and collapsed as authorities prepared to cut the tape. (see below). According to information from “NewsWire”, the accident occurred last …
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