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Rachel Hagan

Girl, 10, killed and 70 injured as overcrowded footbridge collapses into rocky river

A young girl has died and 70 more are injured an overcrowded footbridge collapsed into a rocky river in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Over 100 people, celebrating a festival, were crammed on the low metal bridge which could not withstand the weight of the revellers celebrating the spring harvest season in Udhampur, near Jammu, India.

Joginder Singh, a civil administrator in the Udhampur district, said the narrow bridge’s maximum capacity was around three dozen.

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