Horrifying images of the flyover-collapse aftermath

The police on Friday opened a case of culpable homicide against the company building a flyover that collapsed in the eastern city of Kolkata, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.

Rescuers worked all night with cranes and jackhammers to clear concrete slabs and steel girders from the 100-metre (110-yard) length of the flyover that broke off suddenly and crashed down on pedestrians and vehicles on the road below.

Almost 90 were rescued, many with serious trauma injuries, but chances of finding survivors in the wreckage had dwindled nearly a full day after Thursday's disaster in a teeming commercial district near the city's Girish Park. (Reuters)

Firefighters and rescue workers search for victims at the site of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata

Firefighters and rescue workers search for victims at the site of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata, India,