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{{Infobox event<br />
| date = 15 May 2018<br />
| time = Evening<br />
| location = [[Varanasi]]<br />
| fatalities = at least 18<br />
| cause = Flyover collapse<br />
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On 15 May 2018, a [[overpass|flyover bridge]] collapsed in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], killing at least 18 and injuring many.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-15 |title=India flyover collapse kills at least 18 in Varanasi |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44128439 |access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wu |first=Huizhong |date=2018-05-16 |title=India overpass collapse kills at least 15 in Varanasi |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/asia/india-overpass-collapse-varanasi-15-dead-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-15 |title=Seven dead, 30 feared trapped after part of flyover collapses in Indian city |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL3N1SM5Z7/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><br />
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a segment of a flyover under construction by a government-owned corporation collapsed onto a bustling street in Varanasi, resulting in at least 18 people <ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-16 |title=At least 18 killed as under-construction flyover collapses in Varanasi |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/under-construction-flyover-collapses-in-varanasi-atleast-12-dead/articleshow/64177996.cms |access-date=2024-03-20 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> fatalities as it smashed into a minibus, cars, and motorcycles.<br />
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There are concerns that the death toll could increase.{{who|date=June 2025}}<br />
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Even hours after the incident, it is suspected that individuals remain trapped beneath the debris of the flyover, with multiple cranes mobilized to remove the concrete girder that fell at approximately 4 pm on the road leading to the Varanasi-Allahabad highway.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}<br />
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[[Category:2018 disasters in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bridge disasters in India]]<br />
[[Category:2018 road incidents in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Bridge disasters caused by construction error]]<br />
[[Category:Transport disasters in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:May 2018 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Road incidents in India]]<br />
[[Category:Building and structure collapses in 2018]]<br />
[[Category:History of Varanasi]]<br />
[[Category:Building and structure collapses in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bridge collapses]]<br />
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