--- title: India Bridge Collapse: 2 Dead, 22 Missing description: At least 22 people are missing and feared dead after a bridge in western India collapsed on the highway between Mumbai and Goa canonical: https://time.com/4436392/india-bridge-collapse-mumbai-goa-22-missing/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-03T08:27:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:44:12.412Z article:section: World og:title: 2 Dead, 22 Missing After Bridge on Indian Highway Collapses og:description: Heavy rain has hindered search-and-rescue operations og:url: https://time.com/4436392/india-bridge-collapse-mumbai-goa-22-missing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2 Dead, 22 Missing After Bridge on Indian Highway Collapses twitter:description: Heavy rain has hindered search-and-rescue operations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Two Dead, 22 Missing After Bridge on Major Indian Highway Collapses by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Aug 3, 2016 8:27 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Aug 3, 2016 8:27 AM CUT At least 22 people are [missing](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharashtra-bridge-collapse-22-missing-Savitri-River-rescue-operations-underway/articleshow/53516755.cms? "undefined") and feared dead after a bridge in western India collapsed Tuesday night on the highway between Mumbai and Goa. Rescue operations, hindered by heavy rain, are still under way and the bodies of two victims have been recovered, officials were cited as saying by the _Times of India_. About a dozen vehicles, including two buses, reportedly fell into the river below when the bridge — built during British colonial rule — gave way. Around 80 members of India’s National Disaster Response Force are engaged in the hunt for survivors, while traffic on the busy highway has been diverted to another bridge nearby. \[[_TOI_](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharashtra-bridge-collapse-22-missing-Savitri-River-rescue-operations-underway/articleshow/53516755.cms? "undefined")_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436392/india-bridge-collapse-mumbai-goa-22-missing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436392/india-bridge-collapse-mumbai-goa-22-missing/"},"headline":"Two Dead, 22 Missing After Bridge on Major Indian Highway Collapses","datePublished":"2016-08-03T08:27:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:44:12.412Z","description":"Heavy rain has hindered search-and-rescue operations","url":"https://time.com/4436392/india-bridge-collapse-mumbai-goa-22-missing/","keywords":["India","bus","Missing","Bridge","Collapse","highway","rescue","Mumbai"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4436392/india-bridge-collapse-mumbai-goa-22-missing/","name":"Two Dead, 22 Missing After Bridge on Major Indian Highway Collapses"}}]}] ```