2/01/2013

China highway collapsed: 9 dead


China's Henan province in the central part of the bridge collapsed as a result of the explosion of a truck in the highway bridge; case nine people were killed and 11 people were wounded.
Explosion 8:52 this morning in the town of Mianchi Jiangsu province in eastern China and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region land border with Kazakhstan, which connects the port city of Lianyungang-Horgos highway Horgos'a occurred. Officials said the event will be announced after the real cause of the study
Contradictory information regarding the cause of the incident
According to the laws of China, the transportation, auto roads, such as fireworks and firecracker vehicles carrying flammable or explosive substances to be authorized, and the weight should not exceed 10 tonnes. Today, however, it is higher than the rate of explosives carried by the truck accident, the report said.
6 people at the scene, while others lost their lives in the hospital, was in serious condition at least four of the injured were announced. There are concerns that the increase in the number of dead.
According to state television, CCTV, boom truck, the truck is the collapse of the bridge or blow the bridge collapse will occur as a result of investigations specified.
With the collapse of the bridge, vehicles and debris flew under the bridge was expressed that the vehicle 25. Experiencing heavy traffic congestion on roads due to an accident environment. Eyewitnesses said that the violent explosion, the broken windows of the houses surrounding the village was announced. Accident, the bridge 30 meters high and 160 meters long, 80 meters down. The hair does not fall down from the bridge collapsing share the images seen by a truck. News, pull-down in 2001 after the crash of that part of the motorway network, the giant bridge on truck of explosives demolished yıkamayacağı discussed.
Road safety is discussed
China, Chinese New Year will be celebrated next week, according to the traditional lunar calendar, and this is an important part of the celebrations firecracker and fireworks celebrations. The recent events, especially in China, opened a discussion on the safety of the roads before the feast of social media.
China bridge collapse incident is not the first. In recent years, there has been a similar bridge destruction and eyes surrounded by the quality of China's motorways.
CCTV, the highway was closed to traffic and will take a long time to repair the collapsed portion reported. The violence of the explosion shattered the windows of houses in the region, many of the house was damaged expression.
If the image of a truck narrowly pointed out that the bridge does not fall down.
G30 highway where the bridge, the longest highway in China, and 4 thousand 400 kilometers long.
More than 60 thousand people were killed in highway accidents in China in 2011.

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