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November 28, 2011, Monday
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POLICE say rescuers are searching for about 40 missing people after a bridge collapsed in central Indonesia, sending two buses, cars and motorcycles crashing into a river below. At least four people are confirmed dead.
National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said yesterday that 39 people have been rescued, including more than 20 who remain hospitalized.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the country's disaster management agency, said the concrete bridge on the remote island of Borneo was being repaired when Saturday's accident occurred.
Workers were tightening screws and bolts when a steel support cable snapped and the bridge, which was less than 10 years old, fell.
Four bodies were pulled from the Mahakam river, including a 6-month-old baby, and 19 people were rushed to the hospital with injuries, said police Captain Syafii Nafsikin. Many people - including six of the repair workers - were missing.
The 700-meter structure - resembling the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco - linked two towns in East Kalimantan province.
National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said yesterday that 39 people have been rescued, including more than 20 who remain hospitalized.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the country's disaster management agency, said the concrete bridge on the remote island of Borneo was being repaired when Saturday's accident occurred.
Workers were tightening screws and bolts when a steel support cable snapped and the bridge, which was less than 10 years old, fell.
Four bodies were pulled from the Mahakam river, including a 6-month-old baby, and 19 people were rushed to the hospital with injuries, said police Captain Syafii Nafsikin. Many people - including six of the repair workers - were missing.
The 700-meter structure - resembling the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco - linked two towns in East Kalimantan province.
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