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Jakarta –
An empty cargo ship crashed into a bridge in South China until it collapsed. As a result, the death toll has now increased to five people.
Reported AFP, Friday (23/2/2024), the container ship was traveling between Foshan City and Guangzhou when it hit the Lixinsha Bridge at around 05.31 local time. The ship hit a bridge pillar, causing the road above to collapse, according to CCTV.
The collision caused five vehicles to fall off the bridge and into the water and hit the ship below, the Guangzhou maritime affairs bureau said. Previously it was recorded that two people had died and three were missing.
A CCTV reporter said that the three missing people had been found without vital signs. The dead included the driver of an empty bus, an electric scooter driver and three people in a small goods vehicle.
The collision occurred, he said, due to improper operation by the crew of the ship named Lianghui 688. Photos published by CCTV showed the red and white ship caught at a diagonal angle between two bridge pillars as water poured out of the pipes. which was cut off to her deck.
Footage also showed rescue workers in orange jumpsuits racing a boat across a murky waterway toward a high bridge with a gaping gap in the middle. Meanwhile, another patrol ship turned on its lights as it circled the area where the collapse occurred, although the cargo ship appeared to have been towed.
CCTV reported that dozens of rescuers were sent to the scene, including reinforcements from a nearby technology center in Shenzhen. Two other people were rescued and taken to hospital where they remain in stable condition.
(azh/azh)
