Zhang Yingnan / ImagineChina

A policeman walks past a hole in a bridge over Yitong River where a truck accidentally plunged through, in Changchun city, Jilin province, Northeast China, on Sunday, May 29. The bridge partially crumbled, allowing the truck to plunge through the hole injuring the driver and a passenger. The local government has set up a team to investigate the accident.

Massive hole opens in bridge, swallows truck

Stunning picture, and a wild ride for the occupants. I wonder what they were thinking at the moment that hole opened. This is slightly reminiscent (though nowhere near the scale of devastation) of the I-35 Mississippi river bridge collapse back in 2007.

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China has pumped so much garbage into our planet's atmosphere for the sake of it's industrial revolution, without regard to the effect on other countries or the planet as a whole. Other industrial nations have as well, including the good ole USA, but those seem to be getting a grip on the reality of the outcome. This could be a Chinese Karma and will probably affect our global problem. Maybe the idealism there will eventually be substituted by cooler heads and a long term state of mind for the future. Global warming isn't just about temperature people !

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Reply#1 - Tue May 31, 2011 1:56 AM EDT
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