Police in India have arrested nine people in connection with the Morbi bridge collapse — a recently repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge that killed at least 134 people Sunday evening.

A bridge collapse in India has left at least 141 people dead. The Morbi Bridge, which ran across the Machhu River in western India, collapsed on October 30.

"There were just too many people on the bridge. We could barely move," Sidik Bai, 27, told AP from a hospital bed in Morbi. He said he survived by climbing on the bridge and holding onto its cables.

The death toll has reached 140. MORBI, India -- Dozens of people have died after a cable bridge carrying hundreds of people collapsed into a river in India, according to officials, ABC News reported.

A marigold garland hangs across a photo frame with the faces of 12 members of the Bodha family who died when a bridge collapsed beneath them during a family outing in Gujarat, eastern India.

Built more than a century ago, the bridge is just 1.25 meters (four feet) wide and hangs over the Machchhu River to form a gateway to Morbi, a town that still carries the architectural legacy of ...

On Sunday October 30, hundreds of families had crammed onto the bridge, which is just 1.25 meters (4 feet) wide, to celebrate Diwali — the Hindu festival of lights.

Indian police have arrested 9 people over the Morbi bridge collapse disaster in India, per Reuters. Some 400 people were on and around the bridge when it collapsed into the Machchhu River on Sunday.

The death toll from an Indian foot bridge collapse rose to 135 on Tuesday, while the army, navy and national disaster response teams kept up search operations for a .