A makeshift bridge, arrange as a part of Christmas celebrations at Poovar close to Neyyattinkara right here, collapsed on Monday evening inflicting accidents to a number of individuals, police mentioned.

A senior officer of the district mentioned that 7-8 individuals had been injured within the incident with one in all them — a girl — struggling a serious fracture in her leg.

“The rest suffered only minor injuries,” he mentioned.

The officer mentioned the incident occurred round 9 pm when a number of individuals bought on high of the bridge which couldn’t help their weight and slanted to at least one aspect, toppling these standing there.

The short-term bridge was arrange for individuals to cross over a wall to the opposite aspect to see a waterfall and a nativity scene depicting the delivery of Jesus in addition to different decorations as a part of the Christmas celebrations, the officer mentioned.

The bridge was simply round 5 toes above the bottom and was meant to help just a few individuals at a time, he mentioned.

“However, several persons climbed on to it simultaneously which resulted in the accident,” the officer mentioned.

The injured had been shifted to close by hospitals, he added.