Mizoram bridge collapse: 22 bodies found, 1 still missing

A search is underway for the one person who is still missing, they said, adding that the chance of his survival is bleak

Mizoram bridge collapse: 22 bodies found, 1 still missing

West Bengal minister Sabina Yeasmin consoles a family member of a victim, in Malda, on Thursday. Pic/PTI

Twenty-three people are believed to be dead in the under-construction railway bridge collapse in Mizoram’s Aizawl district, though 22 bodies have been recovered so far, officials said on Thursday.

A search is underway for the one person who is still missing, they said, adding that the chance of his survival is bleak.

Among the three people injured, two were discharged after being provided first aid, while the other person was admitted to the Civil Hospital in Aizawl with a fracture in the right hand.

All the 26 people working there were from the Malda district of West Bengal. A high-level committee has been constituted to probe the incident involving the under-construction bridge.

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