Authorities recovered two bodies on Wednesday after the Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapsed the previous night, plunging around 10 vehicles into the water. The bridge collapsed around midnight on Tuesday, but vehicles, unable to see the missing section in the dark, fell into the river. 1: 44 PMThe old bridge remained in use even while a newly constructed bridge runs parallel to it, our reporter Kunal Purohit tweets. The bridge was tested for stability in the month of May and was found fit to use, Patil informs reporters . 1:30 PM“The government was planning to demolish the bridge in December this year,” PWD minister Chandrakant Patil tells reporters.

Source: Hindustan Times August 03, 2016 08:05 UTC