At least 24 people killed in highway collapse in China

At least 24 people were killed when a section of a highway collapsed on Wednesday, May 1, the start of a five-day long Labour Day holiday, in China’s rain hit Guangdong province.

The cave-in occurred at around 2 am in Dabu County of Guangdong’s northern Meizhou City. Nearly 18 metres of the mountainous highway crumbled into the forested slope



below, trapping 20 vehicles and 54 passengers in all, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported, quoting a local government statement.

The official statement said 30 victims had been sent to hospital, while around 500 public security, emergency response, firefighting, health and sanitation and other workers were taking part in the rescue work.