Overpass collapses in Kolkata, India

Mar 31, 2016

Overpass collapses in Kolkata, India

Steve Earley 0 Comment Eurasia, World disasters, India, infrastructure

A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded neighborhood of Kolkata, India, killing several people and injuring dozens, according to the Associated Press.

: Locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata. (AP)

: People watch as locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata. Dozens have been injured and several were killed when a portion of the under-construction overpass collapsed in a congested area in the eastern Indian city. (Bikas Das/AP)

: Locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata on Thursday. (Bikas Das/AP)

: Locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata on Thursday. (AP)

: Indian rescue workers look at the mangled remains of vehicles buried under a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday. A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing several and injuring many. (Bikas Das/AP)

: Locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass, which was under construction, in Kolkata on Thursday. (Bikas Das/AP)

: An Indian soldier looks for survivors underneath the debris of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday. (Bikas Das/AP)

: Vehicles are seen trapped under a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday. Rescuers dug through large chunks of debris from the overpass that collapsed while under construction, killing many people and injuring scores of others, officials said. (Swapan Mahapatra/Press Trust of India via AP)

: Locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata.(Swapan Mahapatra/Press Trust of India via AP)

: Rescue workers look at the mangled remains of a vehicle taken out from underneath a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday. (Bikas Das/AP)

: An injured traffic police officer is rushed to an ambulance after an under construction overpass partially collapsed in Kolkata, India. (Swapan Mahapatra/Press Trust of India via AP)

: Indian soldiers and rescue workers work on a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday. A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing several and injuring many. (Bikas Das/AP)

: Indian rescue workers and volunteers carry away a body next to the wreckage of a collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday. (Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto/Zuma Press/TNS)

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