Bridge under construction collapses in Gujarat, 2 killed

Two people were crushed to death under a portion of an under-construction railway overbridge (ROB) that collapsed on National Highway 58 in Palanpur town, in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, on Monday. Banaskantha collector said six concrete girders, or slabs, recently installed on the pillars of the under-construction bridge near RTO check post collapsed in the afternoon. CCTV footage of the incident showed a person abandoning his autorickshaw after realising that a portion of the bridge was about to give way and trying to run to safety.