China's Guangdong sets up investigation, assessment team for deadly expressway collapse-Xinhua

China's Guangdong sets up investigation, assessment team for deadly expressway collapse

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-05-04 20:39:15


An aerial drone photo taken on May 2, 2024 shows the site of an expressway collapse on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province.  (Xinhua/Wang Ruiping)

GUANGZHOU, May 4 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Province has set up a disaster investigation and assessment team headed by the provincial governor for a deadly expressway collapse.

The cause of the disaster is under investigation and assessment, according to local authorities.

As of 2 p.m. on Thursday, the death toll has risen to 48 after part of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou city collapsed around 2:10 a.m. Wednesday. The DNA of another three people has yet to be identified. Thirty others were injured, and none are in life-threatening condition. 

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