6 hours agoBridge bells, 5 students die in Pakistan
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)At least 5 students are dead, and another 12 are reported missing after a bridge collapsed at a Pakistani-run resort in Kasmir. The bridge in the mountainous circle of Neelum collapsed after dozens of university students boarded to see a waterfall. Officials said [...]
The bridge in the mountainous circle of Neelum collapsed after dozens of university students boarded to see a waterfall.
Officials said there was little hope of surviving missing students.
We found four bodies of boys and a girl. Another 12 have been lost and we don't have any hope of finding them alive because the water is very cold,”- said Chaudery Imtian, a senior government official in Kashmir's capital, Muzaffarabad.
Imtiaz told AFP that 8 other students were injured during the incident.
The authorities had put a warning near the bridge, where visitors were required to walk on the bridge in small numbers because it was only built to keep five people at the same time.
The wall collapsed because 40 people climbed on it at the same time. Her base couldn't hold the weight,”-He said.
The Himalayan scheme region is a popular tourist destination, but lacks infrastructure.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947, but both claim territory as a whole.
