#bridge-collapse

#bridge-collapse

Viral footage captured the moment that an entire section of a newly constructed bridge in China's Sichuan province collapsed Tuesday, just months after it officially opened. The 758-metre Hongqi Bridge, part of a major national highway linking China's interior with Tibet, gave way after heavy landslides struck the surrounding mountainside, authorities in Maerkang city told Reuters. Videos circulating on social media show the moment the bridge gave way, with dust billowing upward before the road fell hundreds of meters.

In the first incident, a bridge collapsed onto a passenger train, causing casualties, and shortly after, another bridge in Kursk derailed a freight train due to an explosion.