About 70 people were on the bridge even though it can only support 30 people, reported several Indian news agencies.
Among those injured were a nursing graduate and a current nursing student from Walla Walla University. They have been in India as part of Walla Walla University's India Immunizations spring break mission trip.
The two missionaries were hospitalized along with about 20 students from Riverside Adventist Academy in Meghalaya, India." aSabbathBlog
"The injured students from Riverside Adventist Academy were also taken to hospital. One remains in critical condition with a head injury, and a few others are hospitalized, mostly for fractures. Riverside Adventist Academy is a boarding school located directly north of Bangladesh and south of Bhutan in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. It serves seven states of the Northeast India region, and enrolls more than 850 students from preschool to 10th grade."" WWU
"The missionaries couple, who were injured in the incident, have been identified as Marisa Staten and Verbor Staten. While Marisa sustained serious injuries on the back, her husband received minor injuries. The students were from the Riverside Adventist Academy school and the missionaries, who were supporting the school were camping in the area." NortheastToday(India)
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my
voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
2 Samuel 22:7
