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Five people were killed after a railway bridge under construction collapsed in eastern China on Monday.

The collapse happened at 5.46pm at a railway bridge construction site in Yancheng, in Jiangsu. A 95-metre section of the structure gave way without warning while workers were on site.

With rescue teams recovering the bodies of three missing people on Tuesday, five workers who were in the affected area are now confirmed dead, according to state media.

The incident involved the collapse of a tied-arch beam during construction of the Yuegang Bridge, part of the Lianyungang–Shanghai railway line, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The project is being carried out by the China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation Limited.

Local authorities said emergency services were dispatched immediately after the collapse, with municipal and county governments in Yancheng coordinating rescue operations and on-site response efforts.

Two workers were pulled from the wreckage but later died from their injuries, while a search for three others continued overnight before ending on Tuesday morning.

Rescue operations at the scene are completed, Xinhua reported, citing local officials.

Images broadcast by China Central Television showed a large section of the unfinished bridge lying twisted on the ground, with heavy machinery and emergency crews working through the debris.

The bridge was being built as part of China’s expanding high-speed rail network, which has grown rapidly over the past decade and now spans much of the country. The Lianyungang–Shanghai line is intended to strengthen transport links between northern Jiangsu and China’s eastern economic hub.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the collapse, though no findings have yet been released. It remains unclear what led to the failure of the structure while it was still under construction.

The incident is the latest in a series of fatal accidents linked to large-scale infrastructure projects in China. In December 2024, 13 workers were killed when ground collapsed at a railway construction site in Guangdong province. In November last year, 11 people died following a collision involving a test train in Kunming, in southwest China.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-bridge-collapse-deaths-jiangsu-province-b2912779.html

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Link to last year's own
https://www.nairaland.com/8559375/hongqi-bridge-collapses-china-months#137437147

This is the risk we take as engineers, probably a design error

No news there. Not only is it made in China, it's right inside China!
Where's the news?

Even in China? Ok oo and trump is there sending his troops to come and kpai innocent people in Nigeria. Spits

Trump be like Chiiiiinnnnnna is fake

It's well. May their souls rest in peace

95 meter section, chinco and extreme structural design. that's how a bridge gave in earlier

Not all construction is perfect. Safety first
China builds, America destroys

sh*t happens everywhere. may the souls of the depart rest in peace

Chai. This is very bad. May their souls RIP

Made in China by china and for the Chinese people nothing much to say

Engineering error.

They'll learn from it.

And its the same chinco products that is helping lives in Nigeria.

Irony of life!

Gotocourt:
95 meter section, chinco and extreme structural design. that's how a bridge gave in earlier

Nobody is above mistake.

If you don't make mistakes it would be difficult for you to learn/perfect your skill......What you would just try to do is avoid mistakes that would lead to serious injury or loss of lives.

Its the pace and accuracy with which emergency reaches situation-areas that blows my mind off in these countries.

Kudos.

Speed and scale should never override safety standards

China and substantial products are like 5 & 6

China happened to them....in d words of naija lunatics

See people wey dey blame engineer, if nah naija, nah Tinubu dem go dey blame..

Freshandfitpod:
This is the risk we take as engineers, probably a design error

I heard about China tofu dredge construction it could be they did it here

What could have happened?

Things like this hardly happen in china

They have undertaken more complex civil engineering works

That's because of Nigeria lack of good leadership. According to Peter Obi.

What's your point. How does this correlate with trump

Sonofgod1990:
Even in China? Ok oo and trump is there sending his troops to come and kpai innocent people in Nigeria. Spits

zinaunreal:
Not all construction is perfect. Safety first
China builds, America destroys

But if these happens in Nigeria you will.ve blaming Tinubu

This thing can't happen on civilised country . Obidients, is China not civilised? Thank God no be Nigeria, obidients for no allow us hear words

Icktioaxen:
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-bridge-collapse-deaths-jiangsu-province-b2912779.html

i went through all the comments , non called out President of china but some on tbe contractors , some saying we can all do mistakes, we are human. Now imagine it happened in Nigeria, the first person to be blamed is Tinubu. Check china medai space, you might not even see this in tbe news , same with the president fall in Turkey wasn't in their news but that was what spread allover here in Nigeria and while the $5B deal spread in Turkey, media looked away here in Nigeria. We need change of mindset truely

This type of thing can never happen in sane land - PityObi