- Title: Witnesses describe cars "crushed" in China bridge collapse
- Date: 11th October 2019
- Summary: WUXI, JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA (OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) EXCAVATORS DIGGING AT COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE POLICE CORDON/ SECURITY ON DUTY POLICE CORDON/ EXCAVATORS DIGGING AT COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE TWO SECURITY GUARDS ON DUTY POLICE CORDON IN FRONT OF COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE/ SECURITY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE OF POLICE CORDON (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 49-YEAR-OLD RESTAURANT OWNER, NEAR COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE, ZHU XIKUO, SAYING: "It's about 500 meters away from here. We went to take a look and saw all the cars had flipped over. Two sedans were crushed underneath. The police hadn't arrived yet. Some people just went over to help rescue (those trapped). A driver was rescued without injury. Metal strips were scattered over on the ground. All the cars had flipped over." POLICE CAR PARKED OUTSIDE OF COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE TRUCK CARRYING DAMAGED CAR (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 56-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE OF FACTORY NEAR COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE, QI LIYING, SAYING: "I didn't hear any sound. I was about one km away from it. After we heard about it, we all went to take a look. It was horrible. I felt scared. I had just walked under this very bridge at four in the afternoon yesterday. I heard the bridge had collapsed at six PM and I felt so scared." POLICE CAR PARKED OUTSIDE OF COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE EXCAVATORS DIGGING AT COLLAPSED BRIDGE SITE SECURITY STANDING BEHIND POLICE CORDON/ POLICE STANDING ON DUTY
- Embargoed: 25th October 2019 09:36
- Keywords: China disaster collapse bridge Wuxi Jiangsu aftermath rescue
- Location: WUXI, JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA
- City: WUXI, JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0NIAFB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Witnesses on Friday (October 11) said cars were "crushed" and had flipped "flipped" over when a bridge collapsed in China's eastern province of Jiangsu.
"Two sedans were crushed underneath. The police hadn't arrived yet. Some people just went over to help rescue (those trapped)… all the cars had flipped over," said witness Zhu Xikou.
Three people died and two were injured in the highway bridge collapsed on Thursday (October 10) in China's eastern province of Jiangsu, state media reported.
Roads surrounding the disaster site were closed off and a heavy security presence could be seen on Friday morning.
City and transport ministry officials are investigating the cause of the accident.
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