Bridge collapses in Taiwan bay, 5 feared missingBy The Manila Timeshome/News/Bridge collapses in Taiwan bay, 5 feared missingTAIPEI, Taiwan: A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan collapsed on Tuesday, sending an oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung told reporters about five people were feared to have been on the bridge when it collapsed. The bridge collapsed about 9:30 a.m. in Nanfangao, a tiny but often-crowded Pacific coast fishing village. According to the company that designed the 18-meter-high (nearly 60 feet) high bridge, MAA Consultants, it’s the only single-span arch bridge in Taiwan supported by cables and the second single arch-cable steel bridge in the world. Video footage on Twitter showed a large truck almost getting across the bridge and then tumbling backward as the bridge collapsed into the water.

Source: Manila Times October 01, 2019 04:52 UTC