Construction not at fault in bridge collapse: Official

Officials on Monday denied that a bridge in Hunan province collapsed on Sunday because of poor construction.

The 120-meter three-arch stone bridge that connected two townships in Pingjiang of Central China's Hunan province collapsed on Sunday morning after one of its piers was hit by three sand-dredging boats flushed downstream by flooding.

Nine people fell off the bridge, and as of Monday evening six were still missing.