The commuters of Mogra in Hooghly had a providential escape when a gigantic girder of an under-construction Railway over bridge came crashing down early on Sunday.
The accident happened at the railway crossing on the GT Road, police said adding lives were saved as there was little or no traffic on the road during the time of the mishap. A motorbike came under the gigantic concrete girder which was put in place on Saturday.
The sub-divisional officer of the area said experts of West Bengal High Way Development Authority will look into the matter and file a report on the accident.
A similar bridge collapse at Burrabazar in Kolkata early this year had killed 26 people.