15 people killed as bridge "electrified" by fallen power lines in India

New Delhi — At least 15 people were fatally electrocuted Tuesday night on a bridge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, police said. The incident happened when an electricity transformer on the banks of the Alaknanda River exploded, resulting in power lines falling onto a bridge across the river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

"It looks like the railing of the bridge got electrified by the wires," V Murugesan, an Uttarakhand police official, told local media. 

"We got a call that a security guard has died of electrocution. When police personnel went with villagers, they found 22 people were electrocuted and suffered severe injuries," district police superintendent Pramendra Dobhal said.