Bridge collapse in Bali kills nine and leaves at least 30 injured

A tragedy struck Bali in Indonesia when a bridge connecting two islands collapsed and nine people died while at least 30 are injured. It seems too many people had assembled and were passing over the bridge for a religious ceremony when it collapsed in the evening. Some motorbikes also fell into the water.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 16 October 2016.

The sea beneath the bridge was less than two meters in depth and the dead included three children aged from 3 to 9. Many of the victims, all of them were locals, were crushed by debris. Eight of the victims who died have been identified.
The bridge links the islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan of Bali and initial reports indicate that there were no foreigners among the victims.


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