Three men, including a labourer, were injured after a portion of an under- construction elevated bridge collapsed in North-West Delhi’s Pitampura area, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place around 11 am when an extended overhead pillar of a flyover joining Mangolpuri-Madhuban Chowk fell on the road and two cars were trapped under the debris, police said.
According to an eyewitness, a couple sitting inside a Hyundai i10 car was injured and a labourer standing at the site received severe injuries. They were rushed to a
nearby Jaipur Golden Hospital in Rohini where their condition is stated to
be critical. The driver of other car was safe. The injured have been identified as Sanjay Bajuria, his wife Vedika and labourer Bechain Singh.
According to a police official, the construction was not on when the incident took place but they were probing the exact cause of the incident. A case of negligence has been registered.
The construction work was being carried out by a Mumbai-based firm.