At least six laborers were killed when a bridge under construction in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh collapsed during a heavy storm, according to local police cited in a report by News.Az drawing on Xinhua.
The incident, retained in the historical record as occurring on May 28, 2026, took place late on a Thursday night in Hamirpur district. Rain accompanied the storm when the unfinished structure failed, the report said. No further description of the weather conditions or the sequence of the collapse was provided.
Three other laborers sustained serious injuries. Two of those injured were reported to be in critical condition. The available account did not identify any of the dead or injured by name, but said all nine victims were between 19 and 40 years old.
Bridge intended to link two villages
The structure was being built across the Betwa river to connect the villages of Morakandar and Kandaur. The report did not specify how much of the bridge had been completed, when construction began or which organization was carrying out the work.
Government agencies began rescue operations soon after the collapse, according to a local government official cited in the report. The account did not state how many personnel or agencies participated, how long the operation continued, or whether anyone else was believed to have been at the construction site.
Local police confirmed the reported death and injury totals on the Friday following the late-night collapse. Beyond identifying the storm and rain as the conditions during which the structure failed, the cited account did not provide an official determination of the cause. It also did not report whether authorities had opened an investigation or ordered any review of the construction project.
The available information therefore distinguishes between the timing of the failure and any explanation for it: the bridge collapsed while a heavy storm with rain was under way, but the report did not establish why the structure gave way. Similarly, although the victims were described as laborers, their specific duties at the site and their locations when the collapse occurred were not detailed.
The confirmed toll in the cited report remained at six dead and three seriously injured, including two people described as critical. Those figures were attributed to local police rather than an independent casualty assessment. The rescue response was separately attributed to a local government official.
No information was available about the condition of the surviving third injured laborer, medical facilities treating the victims, damage beyond the bridge itself, or any effect on Morakandar and Kandaur. The report also gave no details about alternative connections between the two villages following the loss of the unfinished Betwa river crossing.
