Bailey Bridge Near India-China Border In Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand Collapses

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A bailey bridge in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand nearly 50 km from the India-China border, collapsed when a truck carrying an excavator machine was crossing it, an official told PTI on June 23. The truck driver and the machine operator were injured in the accident. The 40-feet-long bridge, built in 2009, crashed on June 22 under the combined weight of the truck and the JCB machine, SDM of Munsyari, AK Shukla told PTI. The weight-bearing capacity of the bridge was 18 tonne while the combined weight of the JCB machine and the truck was 26 tonne, said Shukla. The SDM said the truck driver and the machine operator have been admitted to a hospital in Munsyari.

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