Three Injured as Under-Construction Flyover Collapses on India’s Gurugram-Dwarka Expressway - Video

A major mishap was averted due to low Sunday morning traffic at the scene of the accident in the vicinity of Daulatabad in Haryana state, India outside Gurugram, a major satellite city of Delhi. The reason for the collapse at the construction site has yet to be determined.

Part of a flyover (overpass) which is under construction on the Gurugram-Dwarka Expressway near Daulatabad in India's Haryana state collapsed on Sunday morning at around 7.30 am. 

According to a local police officer, “Three workers have been injured in the accident and have been shifted to the nearest hospital.”

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While the locals and disaster management teams have been trying to rescue others, that entire area has been cordoned off, and traffic has been diverted. 

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​Netizens have taken to social media to express their anger, often towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. 

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The reason for the collapse has yet to be determined.

Nearby Gurugram, a satellite city of Delhi, has over a million residents and is considered a prosperous IT hub.