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A section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway bridge collapsed in northwest China, killing 12 and leaving 4 missing. Hundreds of emergency personnel were searching for survivors.
Hundreds of emergency personnel were deployed for ongoing search and rescue efforts, Xinhua said. (Image: X/@spotlightoncn)
A section of an under-construction bridge collapsed in northwest China on Friday, leaving 12 people dead and four missing, according to state media.
Footage aired by state broadcaster CCTV captured the dramatic moment when the middle section of the bridge’s arch gave way, crashing into the Yellow River below.
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According to state news agency Xinhua, failure of a steel cable resulted in the collapse.
On Aug 22, tragedy struck in Qinghai—16 workers plunged to their deaths when a construction rope snapped at the Jianzha Yellow River Bridge. Another fatal example of China’s poor safety standards. pic.twitter.com/dgJl34nB91— Spotlight on China (@spotlightoncn) August 22, 2025
At the time of the mishap, 15 workers and a project manager were present at the construction site, People’s Daily newspaper reported.
The bridge, part of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway project, is described as the world’s largest-span double-track continuous steel truss arch bridge, People’s Daily report mentioned.
It is also China’s first railway steel truss arch bridge to span the Yellow River, the country’s second-longest river.
Images released by state media show the bridge’s partially built structure with a large central gap, flanked by towering scaffolds and cranes.
Hundreds of emergency personnel were deployed for ongoing search and rescue efforts, Xinhua said.
Industrial accidents remain a concern in China, often attributed to weak enforcement of safety regulations. In a similar case last December, 13 workers went missing after a tunnel collapse at a major railway construction site in Shenzhen, news agency AFP reported. There were no reports of survivors, the report claimed.
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