Majerhat Bridge in Kolkata collapse - another shocking incident

A section of an over 50-year-old bridge on the arterial Diamond Harbour Road in south Kolkata collapsed Tuesday evening, snuffing out one life, trapping several people and crushing many vehicles, police said. 

RVNL Chief Project Manager/Line A K Roy said the collapse of Majerhat road overbridge (ROB) girder over canal portion was a "mid-span failure of RCC girder which are very old and of longer length of approximately 40 metres". 19 people have received injuries. All of them are stable. We have reports of the death of one person but that hasn't been confirmed. 

There was a slum where the bridge fell and there might be 3-4 casualties at that place: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Central Armed Police Force reach the spot where part of Majerhat bridge has collapsed. Traffic is badly hit all across south Kolkata, with vehicles refusing to ferry passengers to Behala, New Alipore, Thakurpukur. Passengers complained that even app-based cab drivers are cancelling trips to Behala.