Indian Bridge Collapse Kills 14 People
Construction workers and police and medical personnel worked feverishly after a Kolkata, India overpass collapsed on Thursday, killing 14 people and injuring many more.
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Firefighters and rescue workers search for victims at the site of an under-construction overpass after it collapsed in Kolkata, India, March 31, 2016. Hundreds of emergency workers in India battled into the night to rescue dozens of people still trapped after the overpass collapsed onto a busy street, killing at least 14 people and injuring nearly 100. The flyover was under construction when a 100-meter (330-foot) section collapsed suddenly onto a crowded street in the eastern city of Kolkata, crushing pedestrians, cars, and other vehicles under huge concrete slabs and metal.
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Rescue workers cut through parts of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, March 31. 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.
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A man is seen trapped amid the debris of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed on March 31 in Kolkata, India.
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indian army people search for victims after the collapse of a flyover in Calcutta, eastern India, on March 31, 2016. At least 14 people have died and others are feared trapped beneath the rubble after an under-construction flyover collapsed in Calcutta, police said.
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An Indian soldier looks for survivors under a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, March 31.
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Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed flyover bridge in Kolkata on March 31. At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when an overpass collapsed in a busy Indian city, an official said, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble.
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An Indian traffic policeman is carried by colleagues and volunteers after being rescued from underneath a collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, on March 31. Hundreds of emergency workers in India battled into the night to rescue dozens of people still trapped after the overpass collapsed onto a busy street, killing at least 14 people and injuring nearly 100. The flyover was under construction when a 100-metre (330-feet) section collapsed suddenly onto a crowded street in the eastern city of Kolkata, crushing pedestrians, cars, and other vehicles under huge concrete slabs and metal.
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