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26
Nov
2011
11:00am, EST
Large suspension bridge collapses in Indonesia
Firman Hidayat / AFP - Getty Images
People try to find other victims after a bridge collapsed on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.
msnbc.com staff and news service reports:

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A busy bridge collapsed Saturday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring many more as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, police and witnesses said.

Capt. Syafii Nafsikin said search and rescue teams rushed to the scene.

The death toll could climb, he said, adding that many people were believed to be injured.

The bridge linking the towns of Tenggarong and Samarinda in East Kalimantan province was clogged with traffic when the accident occurred, Syaiful, a witness, told local TV station TVOne.

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14
Jul
2011
7:05am, EDT
Bus plummets over the edge in fatal bridge collapse
China Daily via Reuters
People inspect the scene where a bus dropped at the collapsed Wuyishan Gongguan Bridge in Fujian province, China, on Thursday, July 14.One person died and 22 were injured after the bridge collapsed Thursday morning in east China's Fujian Province.
China Daily / Reuters
Rescuers and injured people are seen at the collapsed Wuyishan Gongguan Bridge in Wuyishan, Fujian province July 14, 2011. One person was killed and 22 others were injured after the bridge collapsed Thursday morning in east China's Fujian province, according to local authorities, Xinhua news agency reported.
By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
It's shocking more people were not killed in this accident. No further information was immediately available about the cause of the collapse.
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It does not look like it has any expansion joints. I wonder if there is a MADE IN CHINA sign on it?
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30
May
2011
4:26pm, EDT
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
By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
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 …
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Massive hole opens in bridge, swallows truck