Două vehicule au căzut în apă și alte trei au căzut chiar pe cargobotul care a lovit podul și a provocat accidentul, în orașul Guangzhou, din sudul Chinei, a anunțat Centrul de căutare și salvare maritimă din oraș, potrivit contului oficial Weibo al districtului Nansha, relatează CNN.
Oficialii orașului au pus accidentul pe seama unei „operațiuni necorespunzătoare” a echipajului, notează The New York Times.
Podul din zona deltei râului Perlelor s-a rupt în două în urma impactului, iar cel puțin cinci persoane au fost ucise și un membru al echipajului a fost rănit.
GUANGZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 — An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows the container ship which hit the Lixinsha Bridge being towed away in Nansha District of Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province. Debris of vehicles which have fallen from the bridge are seen in the ship. Two people were killed and three others missing after a ship hit a bridge and caused the bridge to fracture on Thursday morning in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, rescuers said.
The accident happened at around 5:30 a.m. when a container ship hit the pier of the Lixinsha Bridge in Nansha District. Five vehicles, including a motorbike, were involved in the accident. Two of them plunged into the river and the others fell onto the vessel, a preliminary investigation has found.
A crew member is slightly injured in the accident.
Rescue efforts are underway, and the cause of the accident is being investigated.,Image: 849338750, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
A general view shows a section of the collapsed Lixinsha bridge over a waterway in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province on February 22, 2024. Two people were killed and three others remained missing after an empty cargo ship struck a bridge in southern China on February 22, causing part of it to collapse, authorities and state media reported.,Image: 849345448, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: China OUT, Model Release: no
GUANGZHOU, Feb. 22, 2024 — An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows the fractured Lixinsha Bridge in Nansha District of Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province. Two people were killed and three others missing after a ship hit a bridge and caused the bridge to fracture on Thursday morning in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, rescuers said.
The accident happened at around 5:30 a.m. when a container ship hit the pier of the Lixinsha Bridge in Nansha District. Five vehicles, including a motorbike, were involved in the accident. Two of them plunged into the river and the others fell onto the vessel, a preliminary investigation has found.
A crew member is slightly injured in the accident.
Rescue efforts are underway, and the cause of the accident is being investigated.,Image: 849338729, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Două persoane au fost salvate după coliziune, a relatat publicația de stat People’s Daily, adăugând că o operațiune de salvare este în curs de desfășurare.
Podul Lixinsha se află în districtul Nansha din Guangzhou, considerat un important centru internațional de transport maritim.
În 2021, departamentul de transport din provincia Guangdong, a cărei capitală este Guangzhou, a fost de acord să implementeze măsuri anticoliziune pe coloanele de susținere a podului, potrivit televiziunii de stat China Central Television. Lucrările urmau să fie finalizate în 2022, dar au fost amânate pentru 2023, iar apoi pentru august 2024, fără a fi oferite motive pentru această întârziere.
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