Kolkata's Majherhat Bridge collapse; 1 killed, 23 hurt

Rescuers using huge cranes, iron cutters and drills worked overnight to clear the wreckage of a highway overpass that collapsed Tuesday in the city of Kolkata. A section of the over 50-year-old bridge on the arterial Diamond Harbour Road in south Kolkata had collapsed, killing one person, trapping several people and crushing many vehicles.

The Majerhat bridge in the crowded Alipore area of Kolkata caved in around 4.45 pm on Tuesday, 04 September 2018. This is the third bridge collapse in the city in five-and-a-half years. | PTI 

Rescuers work at the scene after a highway overpass collapsed on a sewage canal in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. | AP

Amid rains, the rescuers tried drilling the concrete slabs, used sophisticated cameras and engaged sniffer dogs to ensure anybody trapped under the rubble could be reached and rescued. Vehicles are seen stuck after a section of Majerhat bridge collapsed in Kolkata Tuesday September 04, 2018. | PTI

At least one person died and six were critically injured after a portion of the 40-year-old Majerhat rail overbridge in south Kolkata collapsed. In image: An injured victim is carried to SSKM hospital.| PTI

Labourers working on the metro project claimed that two of their co-workers, who were probably inside a temporary shelter underneath the bridge, were missing. In image: An injured at SSKM hospital. | PTI

People gather near the site where a section of Majerhat bridge collapsed in Kolkata Tuesday Sep 04 2018. | PTI

The Majherhat bridge connects extended areas of South 24 Parganas district with Kolkata city. | PTI

The police had said Tuesday evening that 27-year-old Soumendu Bag had died in the collapse while 21 others, including three women, were injured. The injured are receiving treatment at the hospitals in the city. In image, Rescue workers remove vehicles and debris from the collapsed Majerhat bridge in Kolkata Tuesday Sep 04 2018. | PTI

Kolkata Policemen and locals watch as rescue operation is conducted after a section of Majerhat bridge collapsed in Kolkata Tuesday Sep 04 2018. | PTI

This grab made from video provided by Indranil Mukherjee, an eyewitness shows a highway overpass that collapsed in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. | AP

Rescue workers remove vehicles and debris from the collapsed Majerhat bridge. | PTI

Transport services connecting the vast areas in the south-western part of the city and South 24 Parganas district were severely affected owing to collapse. In image: Rescuers work at the scene after a highway overpass collapsed on a sewage canal in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. | AP

Transport services connecting the vast areas in the south-western part of the city and South 24 Parganas district were severely affected owing to collapse. Rescuers work at the scene after a highway overpass collapsed on a sewage canal in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. | AP

Vehicles are seen stuck after a section of Majerhat bridge collapsed in Kolkata. | PTI