Nine arrested after bridge collapse in India that killed 134

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India (Ajit Solanki/AP)

Police in western India arrested nine people on Monday as they investigated the collapse of a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge in one of the country’s worst accidents in years, officials said.

The collapse on Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134.