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BBC News - Three dead in newly-built Chinese bridge collapse
A section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, leaving three people dead and five injured, state media say.
Four lorries fell off the Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin City, Heilongjiang province, when part of it collapsed, Xinhua news agency said.
Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed for the incident, it added.
Officials said they will investigate to see if the lorries were overloaded.
The bridge, which spans the Songhua river and is 15.42km (9.58 miles) long, was finished nine months ago and cost 1.88bn yuan ($286m), Xinhua said.
A 100m (328ft) ramp section collapsed, causing the lorries to plummet to the ground.
Sun Qingde, an official on Harbin's construction committee, was quoted by Xinhua as saying that the ramp "tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground".
This is the sixth major bridge collapse in China since July, the agency said.
The lorries were carrying feed and stones, officials from the Harbin municipal government was quoted by People's Daily Online newspaper as saying at a press conference.
They added that the bridge and other city roads will be checked.
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3 killed, 5 injured after bridge collapses in NE China
3 killed, 5 injured after bridge collapses in NE China[1]|chinadaily.com.cn
HARBIN - The ramp of a multimillion-dollar bridge in northeast China collapsed early Friday morning, sending four trucks falling 30 meters to the ground, killing three people and injuring five.
The ramp, about 3.5 km from the main body of the Yangmingtan Bridge, tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground at 5:30 am, said Sun Qingde, deputy head of the construction committee of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. The injured have been hospitalized.
Xinhua reporters saw trucks crashed upside-down on the ground. Patches of blood and window shards were scattered around.
It is at least the sixth major bridge collapse across the country since July last year, following one in Beijing and another in the eastern city of Hangzhou. Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed.
The Yangmingtan Bridge was only opened to traffic in November. With a total length of 15.42 km, spanning the Songhua River in Harbin, the eight-lane bridge was claimed to be the longest in north China.
Local media reported that its construction cost 1.88 billion yuan ($296 million).
Built by the China Railway First Group Co., Ltd, it was the third bridge erected across the Songhua River in the past four years.
A section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, leaving three people dead and five injured, state media say.
Four lorries fell off the Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin City, Heilongjiang province, when part of it collapsed, Xinhua news agency said.
Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed for the incident, it added.
Officials said they will investigate to see if the lorries were overloaded.
The bridge, which spans the Songhua river and is 15.42km (9.58 miles) long, was finished nine months ago and cost 1.88bn yuan ($286m), Xinhua said.
A 100m (328ft) ramp section collapsed, causing the lorries to plummet to the ground.
Sun Qingde, an official on Harbin's construction committee, was quoted by Xinhua as saying that the ramp "tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground".
This is the sixth major bridge collapse in China since July, the agency said.
The lorries were carrying feed and stones, officials from the Harbin municipal government was quoted by People's Daily Online newspaper as saying at a press conference.
They added that the bridge and other city roads will be checked.
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3 killed, 5 injured after bridge collapses in NE China
3 killed, 5 injured after bridge collapses in NE China[1]|chinadaily.com.cn
HARBIN - The ramp of a multimillion-dollar bridge in northeast China collapsed early Friday morning, sending four trucks falling 30 meters to the ground, killing three people and injuring five.
The ramp, about 3.5 km from the main body of the Yangmingtan Bridge, tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground at 5:30 am, said Sun Qingde, deputy head of the construction committee of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. The injured have been hospitalized.
Xinhua reporters saw trucks crashed upside-down on the ground. Patches of blood and window shards were scattered around.
It is at least the sixth major bridge collapse across the country since July last year, following one in Beijing and another in the eastern city of Hangzhou. Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed.
The Yangmingtan Bridge was only opened to traffic in November. With a total length of 15.42 km, spanning the Songhua River in Harbin, the eight-lane bridge was claimed to be the longest in north China.
Local media reported that its construction cost 1.88 billion yuan ($296 million).
Built by the China Railway First Group Co., Ltd, it was the third bridge erected across the Songhua River in the past four years.
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