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Multiple people dead and four missing after railway bridge collapses in Qinghai, China

This aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows the site of an under construction bridge that collapsed on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway causing multiple dead and missing, in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Li Zhanyi/Xinhua via AP)
Scenes of devastation after a section of the bridge plunged into the Yellow River below (Picture: AP)

A railway bridge under construction in China has collapsed, killing at least 12 people.

Four people remain missing after the incident in China’s Qinghai province on Friday

It’s understood a steel cable failure is to blame for causing the 108-metre section to fall at around 6pm.

A major rescue effort was launched involving 806 people, including 91 vehicles, 27 boats, a helicopter, and five robots.

This aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows the site of an under construction bridge that collapsed on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway causing multiple dead and missing, in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Li Zhanyi/Xinhua via AP)
It’s understood the catastrophic collapse was caused by a steel cable failure (Picture: AP)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (15451660a) Rescuers work at the site of a bridge construction accident on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 22, 2025. Four people died and 12 others are missing after a construction cable broke at around 3 a.m. Friday at a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway, according to the relevant department in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Search and rescue efforts are underway. China Qinghai Bridge Construction Accident - 22 Aug 2025
The rescue operation involved 806 people, including 91 vehicles, 27 boats, a helicopter, and five robots (Picture: Xinhua/Shutterstock)

Around 16 people were working on the bridge at the time of the accident.

The bridge would have been the first streel truss arch railway bridge in China to cross the Yellow River.

It’s not the first time China has suffered a deadly bridge collapse.

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At least 11 people were killed in the Shaanxi province after a motorway bridge broke apart in heavy flooding in July last year.

A month later, people looked on in horror after the Shui’an Longting bridge in Guizhou, collapsed.

A lorry was left dangling over a bridge after landslides in the cyclone-hit Guizhou province in June this year.

And earlier this month, five people died after a suspension bridge in Xinjiang, a popular tourist attraction, snapped and caused 29 people to fall.

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