Bridge collapses into river in Kashmir; 5 dead, 11 missing
-
Share on Facebook
-
Share on Bluesky
-
Share on X
- Copy Link
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — An old wooden bridge over a fast-moving river in Kashmir collapsed as dozens of students were taking pictures on it, leading to at least five deaths on Sunday.
Javed Ayub, a senior tourism department official in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, said 14 students were rescued after the bridge collapsed and that civil and military rescue teams were searching for 11 others.
Ayub said rescue workers recovered the bodies of five drowned students. The students, most in their early 20s, were enrolled in the medical college at Faisalabad in eastern Punjab province. He said some students from a college in Lahore were also among those who fell into the river.
“We hope for the best but it will be unlikely to find the remaining (students) alive as the water flow is very high,” said Ayub.
