Bhagalpur, India - Bridge collapses on moving Train - 32 Dead

A 145 year old bridge came crashing down on a moving train killing atleast 32 people. This happened today (12/02/2006) just outside a railway station in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India. (map)






Hindustan Times reports:

The deaths were caused by the debris of a brick-and-mortar structure known as 'Ulta Pul', built in 1861. De-commissioned several months ago after a new structure became operational, the archaic bridge was under demolition for the past several days. Inexplicably, trains were allowed to pass underneath even though a part of it was dangling precariously.