TAIPEI: Rescuers were scrambling on Tuesday to reach six people feared were trapped after a bridge collapsed in Taiwan, smashing onto a group of fishing boats moored underneath.
In the images, the road gives way and tumbles down onto at least three fishing boats as a petrol tanker that was crossing also plunges into the water. “The rescue operation is ongoing,” the agency said in a statement, adding at least 12 people were injured, including six Philippine and three Indonesian fishing workers as well as the Taiwanese driver of the petrol tanker.
The petrol tanker burst into flames at some point after it hit the water, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air.
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