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5 dead, several injured as pedestrian bridge collapses in Mumbai

News agency reported injured people had been moved hospitals after the bridge collapsed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

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Mumbai bridge collapse. Photo: ANI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Five people died and more than 30 were injured when part of a pedestrian bridge that last year was certified safe collapsed near Mumbai’s main railway station Thursday evening.

More than a dozen people were pulled out from the debris of the bridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus during rush hour, India Today TV news channel reported.

“I and passersby pulled out people from a taxi over which the bridge had fallen,” an unidentified man told the TV channel.

The Mumbai Police identified two of the dead as Apoorva Prabhu, 35, Ranjana Tambe, 40. The Railways said in a statement

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