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Workers search for bodies in Vietnam bridge collapse, death toll stands as 43
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 27 - 09 - 2007


Workers searched for bodies
Thursday after a section of a massive bridge under
construction in southern Vietnam collapsed, killing at
least 43 people and injuring 87 others, according to AP.
Nguyen Van Cong, spokesman for Vietnam's transportation
ministry, said six bodies were discovered Thursday morning
and six people were still missing. All the victims were
Vietnamese construction workers.
Hospital officials said the death toll was likely to rise
as many of the victims had serious injuries.
In one ward at Can Tho's Military Hospital, three of the
11 patients were in critical condition, and several had
serious brain injuries.
«We have three patients on respirators, and it's very
unlikely that they will survive,» said Dr. Tran Ngoc Vu.
The only patient in the ward well enough to speak was
Nguyen Quoc Trung, 31, who was working on the section of
the bridge that collapsed.
«We were working normally and all of a sudden we were
flying down,» Trung said.
He landed semi-conscious, with his chest stuck between
concrete and twisted metal.
«I didn't know if I was in the jungle or the middle of
the air,» Trung said. «I didn't know where I was.»
After two hours, rescue workers pulled him from the
wreckage. Two of his friends, who had been working next to
him, died in the accident, Trung said.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
The Japanese-financed bridge will cross the Hau River, a
branch of the Mekong River, linking Vinh Long province and
Can Tho, the largest city in the Mekong Delta. Thousands of
people currently make the crossing each day by ferry.


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