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At Least 12 Dead and Dozens Missing After Highway Collapse in China It was the second such rain-related disaster in less than three months, as extreme weather challenges the country’s extensive network of newly built expressways. The New York Times By Keith Bradsher July 20, 2024 | 429 words | ★ ★ ☆ ☆☆ At least a dozen people were killed and many more remained missing on Saturday after part of a highway bridge collapsed Friday night amid heavy rain in western China. It was the second deadly episode in the country in less than three months involving the failure of a stretch of highway. State media reported early Saturday afternoon that 12 bodies and seven vehicles had been found, and that one person had been rescued. Eighteen vehicles and 31 people were still missing. A photograph released by the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday showed how a bridge in one direction of the highway had snapped. A section of it was folded downward, nearly perpendicular, into a churnin
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