At least 19 dead after a highway in China collapses

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Photo: aktual24

A section of a highway collapsed in southern China on Wednesday morning, killing at least 19 people, local officials said, according to Hotnews.

Eighteen cars fell after a section of highway collapsed in the area of ​​Meizhou city in Guangdong province following heavy rains in recent days. According to local authorities, at least 19 people died and rescuers took 30 people to hospitals, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Witnesses told local media that they heard a loud noise and saw a sinkhole open behind them as they drove past the stretch of road just before it collapsed.

In the https://twitter.com/Byron_Wan/status/1785511193022722239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1785511193022722239%7Ctwgr%5E76216fb3ed40c7509c66d8ce414ca941874444f6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotnews.ro%2Fstiri-international-27099847-video-autostrada-din-china-prabusit-cel-putin-19-morti.htm cars can be seen in the collapsed section, where smoke is coming out.

Aldezir MARIN

He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy-Sociology at the University of Craiova in 2003, and a year later the Master’s Degree in Communication Sociology and Journalism. He has been working in the press since 2004, and in 2005 he joined the Gazeta de Sud collective. Since the fall of the same year, the mission of our colleague is to inform Gazeta de Sud readers about the most recent and interesting events in Craiova, Oltenia, but also at the national level.


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