4 killed, 12 missing in NW China bridge construction accident
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Updated: 2025-08-22 09:16
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XINING -- Four people died and 12 others are missing after a construction cable broke at around 3 am Friday at a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway, according to the relevant department in Northwest China's Qinghai province.
Search and rescue efforts are underway.
The bridge being built over the Yellow River is a steel truss arch construction. Its main span was expected to be closed by the end of this month.
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