A bridge has collapsed on a bus in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, reportedly killing at least two people.
The overpass was under construction and fell onto traffic on a busy highway.
The bridge has collapsed on a bus in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte
Aerial TV footage showed the front of a yellow bus crushed under part of the bridge. It is not yet clear how many people may be trapped.
The city, located in the south-east of the country, is due to host one of the World Cup semi-final matches next week.
Brazil’s GloboNews 24-hour news channel reports that at least 19 people were injured in the incident.
Emergency services are at the scene.
The scene of the accident is believed to be some 2 miles away from Mineirao Stadium, which has played host to several World Cup matches.
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An illegal bridge has collapsed in southern China, killing 11 people, state media and officials say.
The stone arch bridge was being constructed illegally at a village in Gaozhou City, Guangdong province, the officials said.
It collapsed on Saturday, killing five people instantly, while six died later in hospital.
The stone arch bridge was being constructed illegally at a village in Gaozhou City
Authorities are investigating the incident. The contractor has been arrested, state media report.
The bridge was being built in Liangkengkou village in Gaozhou.
Twenty-six people were trapped under the bridge when it collapsed, officials said.
Survivors were taken to hospital after being pulled from the rubble.
Government officials said the village had been ordered to stop building the bridge several times.
However, the village secretly restarted construction over the May Day holiday, which ran from Thursday to Saturday, they added.
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A section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, killing three people and injuring other five, state media say.
Four lorries fell off the Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin City, Heilongjiang province, when part of it collapsed, Xinhua news agency said.
Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed for the incident, it added.
Officials said they will investigate to see if the lorries were overloaded.
A section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, killing three people and injuring other five
The bridge, which spans the Songhua river and is 15.42 km (9.58 miles) long, was finished nine months ago and cost 1.88 billion yuan ($286 million), Xinhua said.
A 100 m (328 ft) ramp section collapsed, causing the lorries to plummet to the ground.
Sun Qingde, an official on Harbin’s construction committee, was quoted by Xinhua as saying that the ramp “tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground”.
This is the sixth major bridge collapse in China since July 2011, the agency said.
The lorries were carrying feed and stones, officials from the Harbin municipal government was quoted by People’s Daily Online newspaper as saying at a press conference.
They added that the bridge and other city roads will be checked.
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