A rescue effort was underway as reports indicated that several additional workers were trapped under the wreckage.
Tag: Bridges and Tunnels
Explosions Damage Crimea Bridge as Russia Blames Ukraine for Attack
Russia accused Ukraine of hitting the Kerch Strait Bridge for the second time in 10 months, saying that two maritime drones had struck the bridge, an essential supply line for Russian troops.
Another Day, Another Crash: Life by Britain’s Most Bashed Bridge
A railway bridge with a shallow underpass is bashed into by vehicles with startling regularity, causing mostly embarrassment, but sending cargo — flowers, bicycles, eggs and potatoes — flying onto the roadway.
Fuel Tanker Wedged Beneath Overpass Explodes Near Hospital in South Africa
At least 10 people were killed and 60 injured from the ensuing fireball, in a scene a witness described as a “zombie apocalypse.”
Rotted Vegetables and Rancid Milk No More, as a Bridge Replaces Ferries
Truck drivers used to wait for days before crossing the Gambia River by ferry, but a towering bridge has cut the transit time down to minutes, and brought Senegal and Gambia closer.
India Bridge Offered Respite to Migrants, Before Taking Their Lives
Cash compensation for victims’ families will do little to make up for the life, and economic hope, of migrants among the 134 killed in India.
At Least 134 Dead With Yet Another Failure in India’s Infrastructure
After the deaths of at least 134 pedestrians, the country is asking why its infrastructure has failed so calamitously once again.
At Least 134 Killed in India as Suspension Bridge Collapses
The bridge, in the state of Gujarat, was reopened recently after renovation.
Is This the World’s Most Picturesque High Dive?
Catch a glimpse of a storied tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where, for hundreds of years, divers have leaped from a bridge in the southern city of Mostar.
Ukrainians Fear Russian Reprisals for Crimea Bridge Attack
Bitter over a strike against a vital bridge, Moscow hit civilian areas of Ukraine with a barrage of rockets, and some Ukrainians feared worse to come.