12 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in China

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:16:00 +0000

Twelve people were killed and four are missing after part of a bridge under construction collapsed on Friday (August 22, 2025) in northwest China, state media reported.

A video published by state broadcaster CCTV showed the middle of the bridge’s arch section suddenly giving way and plunging into the waters of the Yellow River below.

The cause was a steel cable failure, state news agency Xinhua said. The People’s Daily newspaper said 15 workers and a project manager were on-site at the time.

Twelve people have been confirmed dead and four people are still missing, CCTV reported.

The bridge on the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway is the world’s largest-span double-track continuous steel truss arch bridge, according to People’s Daily.

It is also China’s first railway steel truss arch bridge to span the Yellow River — the country’s second-longest — the report said.

Images published on state media show the partially built bridge with its middle section missing and two giant scaffolding towers and several cranes alongside it.

Hundreds of rescue workers were mobilised for the search and rescue operation, Xinhua said.

Industrial accidents are fairly common in China due to vague regulations and lax safety standards.

In December last year, 13 people went missing after a cave-in at a construction site for a major railway in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. There were no reports of survivors.

Published – August 22, 2025 08:46 pm IST

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China bridge collapse: Eleven dead, 20 vehicles, more than 30 people missing

admin — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:53:57 +0000

China bridge collapse: A view of the bridge that was damaged due to heavy storms and flooding, in Zhashui County in Shangluo City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, onJuly 20, 2024.
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“Eleven people are dead and more than 30 remain missing after a bridge in northern China collapsed amid torrential rains,” state broadcaster CCTV reported on July 20.

“The bridge over a river in Shaanxi province’s Shangluo collapsed at around 8.40 p.m. on July 19 (1240 GMT) “due to a sudden downpour and flash floods”,” official news agency Xinhua said, citing the provincial public relations department.

“Nearly 20 vehicles and more than 30 people” remained missing after the highway bridge collapsed into the river below,” CCTV said. “All 11 confirmed victims were found inside five vehicles that had so far been recovered from the water,” the broadcaster said.

Images on state TV showed a partially submerged section of the bridge with the river rushing over it. Large portions of northern and central China have been battered since Tuesday by rains that have caused flooding and significant damage.

On July 19, state media reported that at least five people dead and eight missing after the rains sparked flooding and mudslides in Shaanxi’s Baoji city.

State television broadcast images of neighbourhoods completely flooded by muddy water, with excavators and residents attempting to clear the damage.

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The semi-desert province of Gansu, which neighbours Shaanxi and Henan in central China, was also hit by heavy rains this week. In the Henan city of Nanyang, the equivalent of a year’s worth of rain poured at the start of the week, according to CCTV.

China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains across the east and south coming as much of the north has sweltered in successive heat waves.

In May, a highway in southern China collapsed after days of rain, leaving 48 dead. Earlier this month, a tornado passed through a town in eastern China killing one, injuring 79 and causing significant damage.

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