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40 pupils fall in river as bridge collapses

MUZAFFARABAD: At-least 40 students of a medical college from Punjab today went missing when a hanging bridge on a river near Kutin area of Neelum Valley collapsed due to overweight, local administration said.

An official told that three bodies were taken out of the river. Six persons had also been rescued alive so for while more than 20 students had gone missing.

Students from Faisalabad Medical College were on a tour of Neelum valley when they gathered at a pedestrian bridge in Kutin, some 190 kilometers of here, it collapsed down due to overweight.

A control room had been established at Muzaffarabad to deal with the tragedy, the official added.

Eight of the rescued students were injured and airlifted to Muzaffarabad in a military helicopter for medical aid. 

 

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.