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6 confirmed dead after road collapse in NW China
XINING, Jan. 14, 2020 (BSS/Xinhua) – Bodies of six victims have been found and
retrieved while searing for the other four missing is underway after a road
collapse that occured Monday in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, local
authorities said Tuesday.
Another 16 people have been hospitalized, said Zuo Xisheng with the
emergency management bureau of Xining, the provincial capital. All the
injured are in stable conditions.
The accident happened at around 5:30 p.m., when a road section collapsed
on Nandajie Street in Xining and a public bus fell into the hole.
The collapsing area is around 80 square meters. The bus has been lifted
out of the hole by Tuesday morning.
Over 1,000 rescuers and 30 vehicles were sent to the site.
Identification of the victims is underway while the cause of the accident
is being investigated.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1034 hrs