Four people remained missing on Sunday after a railway bridge collapsed in the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai, killing 12 people.
The central government has sent a task force to investigate the failure, which occurred on a section over the Yellow River at about 3am on Friday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
The report said 16 workers were on the Jianzha Yellow River Super-large Bridge carrying out a tensioning operation when a steel cable snapped.
According to media reports, a resident nearby said he was woken by a loud noise “like an earthquake”.
A surveillance video showed the central part of the bridge falling into the river, and sparks flying off the top of the bridge as the cable broke.
The bridge spans 1.59km (about 1 mile) and its arch is 130 metres (426 feet), or about 40 storeys, above the river.
