{"id":30615,"date":"2025-07-09T07:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=30615"},"modified":"2025-07-09T07:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:51:53","slug":"eight-killed-as-vehicles-fall-into-river-after-bridge-collapse-in-vadodara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/eight-killed-as-vehicles-fall-into-river-after-bridge-collapse-in-vadodara\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Killed As Vehicles Fall Into River After Bridge Collapse In Vadodara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vadodara, Jul 9: Eight persons were killed and five others rescued after several vehicles fell into a river following the collapse of a portion of a four-decade-old bridge in Gujarat\u2019s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, police said.<br \/>\nFive vehicles fell into the Mahisagar river after a slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on the river which connects central Gujarat and Saurashtra regions of the state, collapsed, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural), Rohan Anand said.<br \/>\nEight persons died in the incident, Anand said.<br \/>\nAs many as five persons were rescued and were undergoing treatment, Padra police inspector Vijay Charan said.<br \/>\nGujarat minister Rushikesh Patel said the bridge was constructed in 1985, and its maintenance was carried out periodically as and when required.<br \/>\n\u201cThe exact reason behind the incident will be probed,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nChief Minister Bhupendra Patel has directed technical experts to reach the site and conduct a probe into the reason for the collapse, he said.<br \/>\nVisuals showed the entire slab of the bridge between two piers having collapsed.<br \/>\nThe incident occurred at around 7.30 am and the vehicles that fell into the river included two trucks and two vans, inspector Charan earlier said.<br \/>\nTeams from Vadodara fire department and locals joined the rescue operation which was still on, an official said.<br \/>\nA team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) also reached the site, the official said.<br \/>\nThe nearly 900-metre-long Gambhira bridge has 23 piers and connects Vadodara and Anand districts of Gujarat. It was inaugurated in 1985.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30616\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30616\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Eight Killed As Vehicles Fall Into River After Bridge Collapse In Vadodara\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-549x358.jpg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-429x280.jpg 429w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-233x152.jpg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-230x150.jpg 230w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-360x235.jpg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PTI07_09_2025_000089B-1536x1002-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eight Killed As Vehicles Fall Into River After Bridge Collapse In Vadodara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vadodara, Jul 9: Eight persons were killed and five others rescued after several vehicles fell into a river following the collapse of a portion of a four-decade-old bridge in Gujarat\u2019s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, police said. 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