15 students injured after hanging bridge collapses in Assam’s Karimganj

As many as 15 students sustained injuries after a hanging bridge collapsed while the students were returning from school in Assam’s Karimganj district. The incident happened in Nivia area under Ratabari assembly constituency on Monday afternoon, officials said. The hanging bridge is over the Singla River which flows from the hills of Mizoram. The students were returning from Cheragi Vidyapith High School after finishing their classes.

According to the onlookers, around a hundred students stepped on the bridge together when suddenly it collapsed. Some of the students managed to cross the bridge but most of the students fell into the river. Most of them are students of class IX and they knew swimming so they helped in rescuing each other.