The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a significant river in China has killed at the least 12 employees and left 4 others lacking, state media studies stated.
Aerial photographs from the official Xinhua Information Company present a big part lacking from the bridge’s curved aquamarine arch.
A bent part of the bridge deck hangs downward into the Yellow River beneath.
Sixteen employees have been on the bridge in northwest China’s Qinghai province when a metal cable snapped about 3 a.m. Friday throughout a tensioning operation, Xinhua stated.
Boats, a helicopter and robots have been getting used within the seek for the lacking.
The bridge is 1 mile lengthy and its deck is 180 toes above the floor of the river beneath, the English-language China Every day newspaper stated.
