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Five people died Thursday after a massive container ship hit support pillars for a bridge over a river in southern China early Thursday, sending a section of the roadway and five vehicles crashing ...
A section of the bridge fractured, causing a portion of the bridge to fall into the water. The ship was trapped below it. [3] [5] At least five vehicles fell into the water and onto the barge, leaving five people dead and three others wounded. The vehicles in the collapse included an electric motorbike and a public bus carrying only the driver. [5]
BEIJING (Reuters) -Five people were killed after a barge collided with a bridge over a waterway in China's Pearl River Delta near Guangzhou city, causing part of the bridge to break off, plunging ...
At least 15 people have died after a bridge partially collapsed in China’s Shaanxi province with rescue efforts remaining underway as of Sunday evening, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
A boat carrying over 250–300 people sank after striking submerged tree trunks in the Lukenie River, in Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least twenty nine people. 152 people were rescued and hundreds were reported missing, though many may have left the scene with out being accounted for.
According to a tweet from China Central Television (CCTV), rescuers were able to hear the sound of people trapped inside the vessel. [28] CCTV reported that search teams heard people yelling from within the ship. One thousand police officers from the Hubei Armed Police Corps were sent to the site with 40 inflatable boats.
Rescuers on Monday were searching for dozens missing after heavy rains caused flash flooding and a bridge collapse in different parts of China, killing at least 25 people. Flash flooding tore ...
The Senkaku Islands are claimed by Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. [8] [9] In 2008 a sports fishing boat from Taiwan, Lien Ho, was rammed and sunk by JCG patrol ships which led to an official apology and monetary compensation of NT$10 million paid by Japan. [10]