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Locals and rescue workers clear the rubbles of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 31, 2016. Rescuers dug through large chunks of debris from the overpass that collapsed while under construction Thursday, killing many people and injuring scores of others, officials said.
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The overpass spanned nearly the width of the street and was designed to ease traffic through the densely crowded Bara Bazaar neighborhood in the capital of the east Indian state of West Bengal. About 100 meters (300 feet) of the overpass fell, while other sections remained standing.
(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Excavator machines remove debris of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 1, 2016.
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Locals and rescue workers clear the rubble of a partially collapsed overpass as they look for survivors in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 31, 2016.
(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A damaged three-wheeled vehicle is taken out from the rubble of a collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 1, 2016.
(AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Security officers work on the area of a collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 1, 2016.
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