Overview
- A 90‑metre truss span being pushed forward on the Hamirpur Bypass collapsed while the launching nose was positioned over a pier cap, causing the steel structure to fall into the Hathli Khad near Masiyana.
- The National Highways Authority of India attributed the accident to a mechanical failure during the incremental launching process and reported no damage to the bridge piers.
- Rescue and extrication operations are ongoing and injured workers have been taken to Hamirpur Medical College for treatment.
- Official injury counts differ: a local Naib Tehsildar said eight workers were involved with two seriously hurt and others still being extricated, while NHAI reported three people injured and moved to hospital.
- Authorities have begun site clearance and relief work and an investigation into the precise failure mode and the full number of casualties is underway, with wider project impacts not yet disclosed.