Eighteen cars fell down a slope after a 17.9-metre long section of the highway collapsed, according to a statement from authorities in Meizhou city in Guangdong province
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at the site of a collapsed road section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on May 1.A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China, sending cars tumbling and leaving at least 24 people dead, according to state media.
The death toll had risen to 24 by Wednesday afternoon, according to China’s official Xinhua News agency. Witnesses told local media they heard a loud noise and saw a hole open up several meters wide behind them after driving past the section of the road just before it collapsed.
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