NEW DELHI (AP) — Local media say at least 60 people have died and many are feared injured after a cable bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday evening. State minister Brijesh Merja said that 60 people have died so far and that 17 people were admitted to hospitals. Local media reports said over a hundred people plunged into the Machchu river when the bridge in the state’s Morbi district collapsed. It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bridge. The 19th-century, colonial-era bridge was reopened four days ago after renovation. Officials said the bridge gave way because it could not handle the number of people on it.
At least 60 dead, many injured after India bridge collapse
