Fact Check: 2018 Video from Varanasi Shared As Under-construction Metro Bridge Collapsed In Indore

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A video is being shared on social media, claiming that an under-construction metro bridge collapsed in Indore.

The post read: Indore metro train wala bridge Gir Gaya

Here’s the link to the above post.

FACT CHECK

NewsMobile fact-checked the video and found that it is old.

Putting the keyframes from the video through a Reverse Image Search, we spotted a report by Associated Press in 2018, featuring an image from the same accident.

According to the report, the incident took place in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on May 15, 2018, where an under-construction flyover collapsed.

Multiple media channels covered this report in 2018. The reports can be seen here, here, here and here.

Earlier, NewsMobile debunked the same claim when it was shared as that from Hyderabad and Thane.

https://newsmobile.in/articles/2021/02/25/fact-check-old-video-from-varanasi-shared-as-under-construction-bridge-collapse-in-hyderabad/

Hence, from the above information, it is clear that the viral claim is false.

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