Overview

• Local transportation authorities detected structural deformation during a 5:51 a.m. inspection and imposed traffic controls before the bridge gave way.
• On June 24 at around 7:40 a.m., a landslide triggered by days of heavy monsoon rain collapsed the Houzi River Bridge on the Xiamen–Chengdu Expressway.
• The truck driver, You Guochun, was trapped in the suspended vehicle but was guided to safety by firefighters who used a ladder to reach the cab.
• Drone imagery revealed three unoccupied construction vehicles beneath the fallen span, and officials confirmed that no other individuals were harmed.
• Investigators have launched a probe into the cause and repair measures as Guizhou province braces for continued heavy rains from the East Asian monsoon.