24 people died in a road collapse accident in China..!?
24 people died in a road collapse accident in China..!?
24 people died in an accident due to heavy rains in China. 30 people have been hospitalized. A major accident has occurred in China's Guangdong Province. 24 people died in the highway collapse. At the same time, 30 people have been admitted to the hospital for treatment. The accident is said to have occurred due to heavy rains for the past few days. The accident took place today (May 01, Wednesday) around 2.10 pm. A 17.9 meter (58 ft) section of the Meilong Expressway has reportedly collapsed. At that time, 18 cars traveling on the road got stuck in the slope and fell down, the authorities of Meizhou city of Guangdong province reported this information. The accident took place after midnight around 2 am.
However, no report has yet been released by the administration regarding the accident. At the same time, the Chinese state media has published this information. After the highway collapsed, a massive gas pipeline leaked into the mountains below, sparking fires in many places. There are reports that the whole area looks like a sugar cane. About 500 personnel have been deployed at the spot for relief and rescue operations. 19 people were initially reported dead. Now this number has increased to 24. 30 people are injured. Officials said around 20 vehicles were damaged due to the broken parts of the road. Many cars were also burnt.
Over the past two weeks, heavy rains and hailstorms have caused flooding in parts of Guangdong province. 4 of them died. About 1 lakh 10 thousand have been displaced from their native places to safer places. The government declared a holiday for schools last week after dozens of houses collapsed in the disaster caused by torrential rains in Guangdong. Many flights were canceled. The rains in the province caused losses of about 140.6 million yuan (Chinese currency) or $19.4 million. A factory in the provincial capital Guangzhoualso collapsed. 5 people died in this. 33 people have been hospitalized.