Moment Bridge Collapses Crushing Boats And Trapping Crew

A towering arch bridge over a bay collapsed in eastern Taiwan sending a burning oil tanker truck falling on to boats in the water below.

Six people were believed trapped on one of the fishing boats, the National Fire Agency said, and the interior minister added that five people were feared to have been on the bridge when it collapsed. Ten people were sent to hospitals, six of them with serious injuries.

The Nanfangao Bridge in the city of Yilian, collapsed hours after a typhoon swept by the island, but disaster relief officials would not say if the storm had weakened the bridge or give other details on the potential cause.

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