At least 40 people including men, women and children, were injured after a footbridge collapsed during the Baisakhi fair in Jammu’s Udhampur district on Friday.
Reports said that a recently constructed bridge over a watercourse at Bain village in Chenani collapsed due to overload while several people were standing on it. It is said that the inhabitants of the village contributed money for the construction of the footbridge.
Baisakhi fair
Local residents assisted the security forces and the police in rescuing people who had fallen into the stream. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, police said.
Videos of the collapsed footbridge and rescue operations circulated on social networks. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, police said. Videos of the collapsed footbridge and rescue operations circulated on social networks.
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