Bridge under construction cable break scene in China, 7 people died

A cable of a bridge under construction snapped in China, killing at least seven people and leaving many others missing.

A cable of a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai railway broke at around 3 a.m. on August 22, Xinhua reported.

The People's Daily newspaper said 15 workers and a project manager were at the construction site on the bridge over the Yellow River when the accident occurred. The accident killed at least seven people and nine others are still missing.

The scene of the accident at the bridge under construction on the Thanh Hai section on the morning of August 22. Photo: THX.

Images published on the People's Daily website show the bridge partially built, with the middle section still unfinished, with two giant scaffolding towers and several cranes.

Photo: Xinhua News Agency.

Search and rescue efforts are underway.

Previously, in December 2024, 13 people went missing after a tunnel collapsed at a railway construction site in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. At that time, there were no reports of survivors.

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Video source: Xinhua News

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