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Bridge of death

By Pankaj Sharma |

The pot holed and the crumbled bridge  near Nagaon Law College, Haibargaon took the life of on Faruk as he was crossing the bridge sitting in a rickshaw, the tyre of the rickshaw fell in one of the many pot holes in the  small wooden bridge  and the rickshaw toppled and Faruk fell down from the bridge as the railing of the bridge had  already been broken  and fallen off.

The bridge is one of the most important bridges of the town as lagre number of commuters specially school children and others cross it on a daily basis.

The bridge has been closed after the incident.

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