martinisback Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 From CNN head site. BEIJING, China (AP) -- A bridge under construction as a tourist attraction in central China collapsed Monday, killing at least 20 people and leaving 39 missing, state media reported. Rescuers search for victims at the site of a collapsed bridge in Fenghuang, China, Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said 64 people were rescued, including 22 who were injured when the 1,050-foot (324-meter) bridge spanning the Jiantuo River in Hunan province suddenly gave way. The cause of the collapse was under investigation, it said. The bridge in Hunan's Fenghuang county had four decorative stone arches and was designed to be a tourist attraction, Xinhua said. It was scheduled to open at the end of August. News photos showed the bridge reduced to a tangle of stone, concrete and steel reinforcement bars. Rescuers were searching for victims and the accident was under investigation, Xinhua and a local official said. "We have sent teams to the site for rescue efforts. ... We have no idea about new updates because there is no mobile-phone reception around that area," said Liao Junhui, an official with the administrative office of the Fenghuang county government. "We cannot reach anyone with the team." Xinhua reported that most of the people working on the bridge were local farmers who had been recruited to work on the project. On June 15, a bridge in south China's Guangdong province collapsed when a cargo vessel loaded with sand rammed into it, killing nine people. That bridge was built in 1988 and spanned the Xijiang River, a major tributary of the Pearl River. Construction accidents in China are frequent, with contractors often opting for shoddy materials to cut costs and using migrant laborers with little or no safety training. The Ministry of Communications categorized 6,300 of the country's bridges as dangerous because of serious damage to their "structural components" in its annual report on road safety last year, the China Daily newspaper reported Tuesday. The report didn't give specifics but quoted Xiao Rucheng, secretary general of China's Institute of Bridge and Structural Engineering, as saying many of the country's new bridges were being built too quickly and were poorly designed. The Chinese bridge accident came nearly two weeks after the collapse August 1 of a major interstate bridge in Minneapolis that killed nine people and left four others still missing. Authorities are trying to determine exactly what caused the nearly four-decade-old bridge to crumble -> This is unbeliveable --Quit--(As of December 22th, 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellbellz Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I can believe it. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntm Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Wow thats sad. I dont know why these people are flaming me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinisback Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 k thats actually not funny. Lots of people died here, its not a joke, remove that / or stay a fool. --Quit--(As of December 22th, 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superson Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 ACK heres the latest pic. [hide=Read this before you flame]I jsut made this cuz i was bored, im not making fun of the people of anything. I apologize if i offended some of you. And im sorry. :cry: [/hide] I'm sorry, don't try to make an excuse for something that bad. If you really were bored you could have wrote something thoughtful. P.S. Before you flame, I was... bored? =D> In Soviet Russia, glass eats OTers. Alansson Alansson, woo woo woo! Pink owns yes, just like you!GOOOOOOOOOO ALAN! WOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntm Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntm Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 ACK heres the latest pic. [hide=Read this before you flame]I jsut made this cuz i was bored, im not making fun of the people of anything. I apologize if i offended some of you. And im sorry. :cry: [/hide] I'm sorry, don't try to make an excuse for something that bad. If you really were bored you could have wrote something thoughtful. P.S. Before you flame, I was... bored? =D> Im not bald stupid. add hair or die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superson Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 As I said before, being 'bored' isn't an excuse for being an [wagon]. In Soviet Russia, glass eats OTers. Alansson Alansson, woo woo woo! Pink owns yes, just like you!GOOOOOOOOOO ALAN! WOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superson Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 ACK heres the latest pic. [hide=Read this before you flame]I jsut made this cuz i was bored, im not making fun of the people of anything. I apologize if i offended some of you. And im sorry. :cry: [/hide] I'm sorry, don't try to make an excuse for something that bad. If you really were bored you could have wrote something thoughtful. P.S. Before you flame, I was... bored? =D> Im not bald stupid. add hair or die. Use your imagination. In Soviet Russia, glass eats OTers. Alansson Alansson, woo woo woo! Pink owns yes, just like you!GOOOOOOOOOO ALAN! WOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinisback Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 Anways..lets get back on topic. Whats your reaction after this, just weeks after the American bridge collapsing.. --Quit--(As of December 22th, 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntm Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 i think its sad. I hate it when people die:( my grandma on my dads side died 6 days before Christmas 05. I didnt know her that well, but she died cuz her dad smoked back when there was no filters on cigarettes. #-o Anyway its sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinisback Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 29 People have now confirmed Dead :-s --Quit--(As of December 22th, 2007) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainy_Day Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 That sucks. Shame to hear about it. :( ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I've been over that bridge in Minnesota that collapsed... I dunno how many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbfgraphx14 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Check this out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_disasters :shock: Tbfgraphx14Happy to find I'm not the only one who eats glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadmike Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Check this out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_disasters :shock: Seems we have had 4 major bridges fall this year so far :-s Kind of odd.(Me thinks they are related :anxious: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Not related, or anything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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