Hundreds of people in India were standing on an old, narrow British-era suspension bridge ... Morbi via helicopter to take stock of the situation. The tragedy occured just months before important ...

The colonial-era suspension bridge had been built in 1877 was under renovation before it was reopened on ... of the bridge to scale with an adult. Morbi’s state-run Civil Hospital was having ...

By Sameer Yasir and Emily Schmall Reporting from Morbi, India, and New Delhi At ... and careless gesture” by reopening the bridge before the local authorities had certified it.

The bridge had been closed in March for renovation before it reopened for public use ... expressed his condolences and said he would visit Morbi on Tuesday. "Rarely in my life, would I have ...

Scores of people were plunged into the water in the dark Senior journalist and long-time Morbi resident Pravin Vyas, who lives close to the bridge, says he had never seen it so crowded before.

Within seconds, their laughter was quickly replaced by horrified screams as they plunged to their deaths. The disaster marks one of the deadliest accidents in India in the past 10 years, with at ...

Morbi, India — Nine people ... Ashok Kumar Yadav said in a statement. The bridge, which had reopened only days earlier after months of renovation, collapsed on Sunday evening, sending hundreds ...

"If people act responsibly without damaging the property, this renovation can sustain ... whether people were doing that on the bridge in Morbi before it collapsed. Around the world, suspension ...

One person appeared to shake a pedestrian suspension bridge moments before it collapsed Sunday ... The bridge, built by the British in the 1800s in Morbi, was packed with sightseers celebrating ...

These findings are part of the 'Preliminary Report on Morbi ... before the incident. The remaining 27 wires recently broke," the SIT said in its report. The SIT also found that during the ...