A 55-year-old woman was killed and more than 30 other people were injured when a foot overbridge across a canal collapsed at Chavara near Kollam on Monday, police said.
The bridge was located inside the state-run Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) complex.
The deceased woman, Shyamala, who was an employee of KMML, died after the iron bridge fell into the canal, police said.
#WATCH One dead, at least 57 injured in a bridge collapse in Chavara near Kerala's #Kollam. pic.twitter.com/0flv4IRQ8o
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2017
The collapsed bridge connects the company’s complex to its adjacent mineral separation unit.
All the injured were admitted to a nearby government hospital, police said.
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