Suspension bridge collapse kills at least 132 in India

(Ajit Solanki/AP)

At least 132 people were killed after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said.

Authorities said the 19th-century, colonial-era pedestrian bridge over the Machchu river in the state’s Morbi district collapsed because it could not handle the weight of a large crowd, as the Hindu festival season drew hundreds of people to the recently opened tourist attraction.