Two Killed After Bridge Collapses in Iraq: Rescuers

Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq's Karbala: Rescuers

A health official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the "pillars of the bridge collapsed while several vehicles were passing underneath it".

Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq say rescuers

Two people were killed and several injured when a section of a bridge under construction collapsed in southern Iraq, local authorities said Sunday. The collapse took place late Saturday, with the rescue operation lasting more than 13 hours. An AFP photographer reported that rescue workers laboured until morning to free those trapped in their vehicles under the twisted wreckage of the bridge on the main Karbala-Baghdad road. Karbala's civil defen…

Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq: rescuers

KARBALA: Two people were killed and several injured when a section of a bridge under construction collapsed in southern Iraq, local authorities said Sunday. The collapse took place late Saturday, with the rescue operation lasting more than 13 hours. An AFP photographer reported that rescue workers labored until morning to free those trapped in their vehicles under the twisted

Three killed, six injured after under-construction bridge in Iraq’s Karbala collapses

Police cordoned off the area while emergency teams combed through the wreckage