Three people were killed and eleven other injured when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation collapsed near Lajpat Nagar early Sunday morning.
Fire Brigade officials said a pillar holding up the overhead railway tracks collapsed near the Lady Sri Ram College around 5:00 am. The labourers working at the site came under the concrete slabs that came crashing down.

According to eyewitnesses more than 25 labourers were working at the site when the incident occurred.