Toll in Pune bridge collapse rises to four

The of a bridge over the in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday has risen to four, The Indian Express reported.

Pradeep Rayannawar, senior inspector at the Talegaon Dabhade Police Station, told PTI that while two bodies were recovered from , two other persons succumbed to their injuries during treatment after being rescued.

District Collector told ANI on Monday that 51 persons were injured in the incident.

The said that it had called off its rescue operation as all the missing persons had been accounted for, The Indian Express reported.

“Since all missing persons have been accounted for yesterday late night, as such as per directions of district administration, the [operation] has been closed,” it said in a statement.

However, the police their search operation on Monday, PTI reported.

Girish Mahajan, the state disaster management minister, said that the bridge had collapsed under the weight of a large number of tourists, PTI reported.

“The bridge was meant only for pedestrians and there was a warning board there stating that it cannot be used by two-wheelers,” PTI quoted Mahajan as saying. “It seems people on the bridge did not pay heed to these instructions, which caused the incident.”

The incident took place in Kundamala village, which is located about 16 km north of Pimpri-Chinchwad town.

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