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Video appears to show person shaking India bridge moments before collapse, killing 141

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One person appeared to shake a pedestrian suspension bridge moments before it collapsed Sunday, killing at least 141 people in India’s western state of Gujarat.
Gut-wrenching surveillance footage shows at least one person rocking the bridge from side to side moments before its cable snapped, dropping hundreds of people some 30 feet into the Machchhu river.
Video shows the bridge’s walkway dangling over the river after it collapsed. By Sunday night, 177 survivors had been pulled from the river below.
The number of people on the bridge was likely in the hundreds, according to officials. Survivors told the Associated Press the walkway was so densely packed that people were unable to move to safety.
Search and rescue teams from the Indian army, navy and air force were still working Monday to find additional survivors.

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