India, May 29 -- Six labourers were killed while three others got injured on Friday after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed following a storm over the Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, officials said.

The accident took place around 3am near Morakandar Parsani village in Lalpura where a bridge linking the village with Naithi in Kurara area was being built. Officials said strong winds and rain swept through the area late on Wednesday night when a concrete slab of the bridge suddenly caved in.

Several workers had been resting beneath and around the structure to shelter from the storm when the slab collapsed on them.

Police, district administration officials and teams of the state disaster response force (...